skopje macedonian court sentence 33 ethnic albanians jail term thursday include seven give life sentence find guilty plot attack clash police 2015 shootout 22 people kill 33 accuse part group albanian gunmen involve may 2015 shootout police northern macedonian town kumanovo eight police officer among kill dozens wound defendants neighbor kosovo others macedonia albanian minority evidence offer prosecutor show accuse commit criminal act terrorism terrorist organization preside judge say court heavy police protection helicopters fly overhead defendants protest verdict read prompt judge order 33 leave courtroom hear sentence 2015 shootout occur police raid follow attack arm men border post former guerrillas national liberation army nla ethnic albanian militia fight insurgency 2001 score people kill nla disband 2002 former leaders enter government naser raufi one defense lawyers say trial stag expect see lengthy sentence call independent investigation say macedonia small ex-yugoslav republic two million people declare independence 1991 mostly avoid violence accompany break yugoslavia 1990s clash ethnic albanian fighters 2001. albanians believe make around 30 percent macedonia population live mostly northwest near border kosovo albania macedonia jail 33 ethnic albanians 2015 shootout