reorganized serbian army troops and irregulars led by vasilije trbić were sent to crush the uprising. on june 25, after realising that help from the bulgarian army would not be coming soon, the rebels moved out from the towns. in the following days the serbian army brutally suppressed the uprising and terrorized the bulgarian population in the rebelling regions. according to some sources 363 civilian bulgarians were killed in kavadarci, 230 - in negotino and 40 - in vatasha.