Two recent attacks on police stations in Macedonia have rattled the country. On 12 July, three shells from a hand-operated missile launcher were fired at the station in the village of Vratnica, near Tetovo. Two shells did not explode, while the third damaged a tree ten metres away. Three days later, at around 10:50 pm, a powerful blast blew out the windows of the police station at Bit Pazar, near central Skopje. Neighbouring houses were also damaged. Neither incident resulted in casualties. Full Story