Lions (police unit)

Unit for Fast Interventions "Lions"
Единица за брзи инервенции "Лавови"
Edinica za brzi intervencii "Lavovi"
Unit for Fast Interventions "Lions"; Единица за брзи инервенции "Лавови"; Edinica za brzi intervencii "Lavovi"
Motto	„Подобро еден ден лав, отколку цел живот овца!“; "Better a lion for a day, than a sheep for a lifetime!"
Agency overview
Formed	21 April, 2001
Dissolved	2004
Jurisdictional structure
National agency	Republic of Macedonia
Operations jurisdiction	Republic of Macedonia
Governing body	Republic of Macedonia
Operational structure
Overseen by	Ministry of Internal Affairs
Headquarters	Skopje
Agency executive	Goran Stojkov, Police general;

The Lions was a special police unit for fast interventions formed by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of North Macedonia in 2001.^[1] It was dissolved in 2004.^[2]

History

Goran Stojkov, police general
Goran Georgievski "Mujo" police commander (†2005). He was killed in a bar on 4 April 2005. His death is an egregious example of a political showdown with the remnants of the disbanded "Lions" unit.
Toni Mihajlovski, spokesman
Oliver Petrushevski, KIA (†2001)