Special Operations Unit (North Macedonia)

The Special Anti-terrorist Unit is a police unit from North Macedonia. It's one of the prestigious divisions in the Police of North Macedonia.

Special Anti-terrorist Unit Специјална антитерористичка единица
Common name	Tigers (Macedonian: Тигри)
Abbreviation	SAU (Macedonian: (САЕ))
Agency overview
Formed	March 13, 1981
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	North Macedonia
Legal jurisdiction	Ministry of Internal Affairs
Governing body	Government of North Macedonia
Operational structure
Overseen by	Ministry of Internal Affairs
Headquarters	Skopje
Elected officer responsible	Oliver Spasovski, Ministry of Internal Affairs
Parent agency	Government of North Macedonia
Website
www.mvr.gov.mk

Tigers (in black) and Lions (in green)

Notable domestic missions

• 2001 Albanian Insurgency
• 2007 Operation Mountain Storm
• 2008 Police action: Ash, (Bajrush clan)
• 2010 Police action: Conductor, (Frankfurt Mafia)
• 2012 Arrests after Smilkovci lake killings
• 2014 Police action: Network, (Grchec clan)
• 2014 Police action: Kalabria, (Nezim clan)
• 2014 Police action: Hammer, (Fadilj Arslani clan)
• 2015 Kumanovo shootings

Foreign missions

Serbia

2014 Floods in Serbia – 24 men and one Mi-17.

Bosnia and Herzegovina

2014 Floods in Bosnia – 15 men.

See also

• Alpha (Police Unit)
• Special Support Unit
• Rapid Deployment Unit
• Border Police
• Ministry of Internal Affairs
• Police of North Macedonia
• Lake Patrol
• Lions former

External links

• Video about Tigers (in Macedonian)