Upon completion of the autopsy of the deceased members of the terrorist group, through the Bureau of Interpol Skopje, Ministry of Interior (MOI) initiated a procedure for verifying the identity of individuals.
As MOI, the identity of Mirsad Ndrecaj (36), known as commander Nato, who, according to the police, is suspected to have been one of the leaders of the group liquidated in a police action in Kumanovo Divo naselje was confirmed.
“We just received a positive confirmation of the identity of Beg Rijaz, born 25th of December 1977 in Kosovo, known as commander Begu. Of the deceased, the identity of Nusret Kaljoshi, born 18th of April 1975, otherwise Macedonian citizen was also confirmed,” reads the statement of MOI.
In addition, added the ministry, Interpol confirmed the identity of Sami Ukshini (48) from Kosovo, known as Commander Sokoli, who surrendered to the police.
Ministry of Interior stated that the process of identification of the rest of the group as well continues.