2017 storming of the Macedonian Parliament

2017 storming of the Macedonian Parliament
2017 storming of the Macedonian Parliament
Part of the Macedonian political crisis (2015-17)
Date	27 April 2017
Location	Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
Caused by	New parliament majority elected speaker of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia; Election of ethnic Albanian as Speaker of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia; Transfer of power from VMRO-DPMNE to SDSM;
Methods	Violence in the Parliament building;
Resulted in	20+ arrested; Internationally recognized new speaker of parliament;
Parties
VMRO-DPMNE; Macedonian nationalists; Parapolice officers; Multiple-right wings organizations [citation needed];	Social Democratic Union of Macedonia; Democratic Union for Integration; Alliance for Albanians; Macedonian police;
Lead figures
	Nikola Gruevski; Mitko Čavkov; Trajko Veljanovski Zoran Zaev; Talat Xhaferi; Ziadin Sela
Number
200+	22+
Casualties
Injuries	102
Charged	30+

Storming of the Macedonian Parliament, also known as Bloody Thursday^[5] (Macedonian: Крвав четврток, romanized: Krvav četvrtok) occurred on 27 April 2017, when about 200 Macedonian nationalists (some of whom were members and sympathizers of VMRO-DPMNE) stormed the Macedonian Parliament in reaction to the election of Talat Xhaferi, an ethnic Albanian, as Speaker of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia.^[6]^[7] It was the biggest attack in history on a Macedonian institution.

^ Cite error: The named reference reuters was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ ^a ^b Testorides, Konstantin (27 April 2017). "Protesters attack Macedonian lawmakers over leadership vote, dozens injured". Chicago Tribune. Skopje, Macedonia. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
^ "Macedonia parliament violence injures 100". Yahoo News. 28 April 2017.
^ "15 Charged in Attack on Macedonian Parliament That Hurt 100". IS News. 30 April 2017.
^ "5 years since the Bloody Thursday rampage in North Macedonia: Instead of peaceful transfer of power – effort for imposing complete dictatorship!". Meta.mk. 27 April 2022.
^ "Macedonia: protesters storm parliament and attack MPs". The Guardian. 27 April 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
^ Hopkins, Valerie (28 April 2017). "What Happened in Macedonia, and Why". The Atlantic. Archived from the original on 28 April 2017.

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[Chicago-2] Testorides, Konstantin (27 April 2017). "Protesters attack Macedonian lawmakers over leadership vote, dozens injured". Chicago Tribune. Skopje, Macedonia. Retrieved 28 April 2017.

[3] "Macedonia parliament violence injures 100". Yahoo News. 28 April 2017.

[4] "15 Charged in Attack on Macedonian Parliament That Hurt 100". IS News. 30 April 2017.

[5] "5 years since the Bloody Thursday rampage in North Macedonia: Instead of peaceful transfer of power – effort for imposing complete dictatorship!". Meta.mk. 27 April 2022.

[guardian-6] "Macedonia: protesters storm parliament and attack MPs". The Guardian. 27 April 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2017.

[Hopkins-7] Hopkins, Valerie (28 April 2017). "What Happened in Macedonia, and Why". The Atlantic. Archived from the original on 28 April 2017.

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