What is worse, civil war broke out in 1991, and shells damaged some 70 percent of the buildings in the old town.

更糟的是，一九九一年内战爆发，炮火摧毁了古城里百分之七十的建筑物。

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In the run-up to the ceasefire, Macedonian helicopter gunships fired rockets at positions occupied by the guerrillas after rebel shells hit the town of Tetovo.

BBC: News Online

In October, five Turkish civilians were killed when errant Syrian artillery shells struck the Turkish border town of Akcakale.

CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

Many of its factories are closed, and the town is littered with the abandoned shells of unfinished buildings.

ECONOMIST: The East European shtetl