On May 11,
1999 during
the NATO
Bombing
Campaign of
the Kosovo
War, the
town was
targeted by
NATO forces
in a mission
to destroy
an apparent
tactical
reporting
post. There
were also
unsubstantiated
claims of an
F-16 being
shot down on
the
outskirts of
Kačarevo in
the early
morning
hours of May
8, 1999 by a
surface-to-air
missile,
while
speculation
also
suggests
that the
pilot
ejected
safely as
there was an
intensive
search by
Yugoslav
military
during the
night and
during the
next
morning.
The number
of reported
inhabitants
of the town
in 2002 was
7,624, in
approximately
2,529
households.
The majority
of
inhabitants
are ethnic
Serbs (5,042
or 66.13%),
while
Macedonians
form 19.24%
of the
population
or 1,467
people.
Unfortunately,
about 8
percent of
the towns'
population
are either
refugees or
internally
displaced
persons,
mostly
resulting
from recent
wars in
Kosovo and
Bosnia.
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