Police had been unable to enter the village since early November, when the men -- reportedly wearing uniforms and carrying Kalashnikov rifle -- began patrolling the streets, only days before a national referendum on Macedonia's new decentralisation laws.
Policija nije bila u mogućnosti da uđe u selo od početka novembra, kada su, kako je izvešteno, ljudi u uniformama naoružani kalašnjikovima počeli da patroliraju ulicama, samo nekoliko dana pre nacionalnog referenduma o novim zakonima o decentralizaciji Makedonije.