Aračinovo is a village in the Republic of Macedonia

Republic of Macedonia

Macedonia , officially the Republic of Macedonia , is a country located in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991...

, west of Skopje

Skopje

Skopje is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Macedonia with about a third of the total population. It is the country's political, cultural, economic, and academic centre...

. It is the seat of Aračinovo Municipality

Aracinovo municipality

Aračinovo is a municipality in northern Republic of Macedonia. Aračinovo is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found. The municipality is located in the Skopje Statistical Region.-Geography:...

. Aračinovo is one of the larger villages in Republic of Macedonia

Republic of Macedonia

Macedonia , officially the Republic of Macedonia , is a country located in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991...

 with a population of about 7,000.

During the 2001 Macedonia conflict

2001 Macedonia conflict

The insurgency in the Republic of Macedonia was an armed conflict which began when the ethnic Albanian National Liberation Army militant group attacked the security forces of the Republic of Macedonia at the beginning of January 2001...

, it was occupied by ethnic Albanian insurgents. Later, during violence of the 2008 parliamentary election

Macedonian parliamentary election, 2008

Early parliamentary elections were held in the Republic of Macedonia on 1 June 2008 after the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia voted to dissolve itself on 12 April 2008...

, a gunman in Aračinovo opened fire on security police. One person was killed and several people were wounded.