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During the armed conflict in 1998, the Yugoslav Army and Serbian police used excessive and random force, which resulted in property damage, the displacement of the population and the death of civilians. [19] Belgrade unleashed the alleged Operation Horseshoe in the summer of 1998, in which hundreds of thousands of Albanians were driven from ...
A potential witness to the Klečka killings feared for his safety and decided not to testify, following news of Zogaj's death. [5] In 2016, former KLA local commander Bedri Curri was shot dead, [6] and in 2017 his daughter was killed in a car crash, the two deaths linked in Kosovo media to Curri's planning to testify against KLA crimes. [7]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 2 February 2025. Killing of Kosovo Albanians Račak massacre Račak Location of Račak Location Račak, Kosovo, FR Yugoslavia Coordinates 42°25′46″N 21°00′59″E / 42.42944°N 21.01639°E / 42.42944; 21.01639 Date 15 January 1999 (Central European Time) Target Kosovo Albanians Attack ...
In 1990, Kosovo's autonomy within Yugoslavia was revoked. [3] Soon after, the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) was formed to fight the Yugoslav establishment. [ 4 ] After a string of minor attacks, the KLA's mission became much more aggressive, [ 5 ] which led to them claiming areas that were key to Serbia's fuel-supply, near the town of Orahovac .
Kosovo police said they killed three armed attackers and arrested another Sunday during a shootout in the village of Banjska in northern Kosovo. Kosovo police kill at least 3 armed attackers ...
Kosovo 16 Albanians Serbian civilians On 17 and 18 March 2004, a wave of violent riots swept through Kosovo, 16 Serbs and 11 Albanians were killed during the unrest. Over 935 Serbian houses and 35 Churches were burned and destroyed. Over 4000 Serbs were expelled from Kosovo. Talinoc Killings: 6 July 2012 Talinoc i Muhaxhirëve: 2 Serbian civilians
The killings occurred after Yugoslav troops withdrew from the region in the aftermath of the Kosovo War. The massacre is the worst single crime in Kosovo since the conflict ended in June 1999. [3] As of 2019 the perpetrators of the killings have never been found and held accountable. [4] [5]
The Kosovo War (Albanian: Lufta e Kosovës; Serbian: Косовски рат, Kosovski rat) was an armed conflict in Kosovo that lasted from 28 February 1998 until 11 June 1999. [ 59 ] [ 60 ] [ 61 ] It was fought between the forces of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY), which controlled Kosovo before the war, and the Kosovo Albanian ...