Panda Bar incident
| Panda Bar incident | |
|---|---|
| Location | Peć, Kosovo, FR Yugoslavia |
| Date | 14 December 1998 (Central European Time) |
| Target | Serb teenagers |
| Attack type | Terrorist attack |
| Deaths | 6 Serb teenagers killed[1] |
| Perpetrators | Albanian gunmen[2] |
The Panda Bar incident,[3] also known as the Panda Bar massacre,[4] was a terrorist attack against Kosovo Serb teenagers in the city of Peć in north-western Kosovo[a].
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Incident[edit]
On 14 December 1998, during the Kosovo War, unidentified gunmen attacked the Panda Bar cafė in Peć. 6 teenagers were killed and 15 people wounded.[5][6]
The killed Serbs were Ivan Obadović (14 years old), Vukota Gvozdenović (16), Svetislav Ristić (17), Zoran Stanojević (17), Dragan Trifović (17) and student Ivan Radević (25).[7]
Aftermath[edit]
The Panda Bar incident led to an immediate crackdown on the Albanian-populated southern quarters of Peć (Kapešnica and Zatra).[8] The area was sealed off, and houses were searched systematically.[8] Media reports stated that Serbian police killed two Kosovo Albanians during the operation.[8]
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Notes and references[edit]
Notes:
| a. | ^ Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Serbia and the self-proclaimed Republic of Kosovo. The latter declared independence on 17 February 2008, but Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. Kosovo's independence has been recognised by 101 out of 193 United Nations member states. |
References:
- ^ Po naređenju: ratni zločini na Kosovu (Human Right Watch)
- ^ "Kosovo catalogue of horrors". BBC. 6 December 1999. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
- ^ OSCE report
- ^ Handbook of Ethnic Conflict: International Perspectives, Dan Landis,Rosita D. Albert, 2012
- ^ Richard Holbrooke and Christopher Hill
- ^ Kosovo: the road to war
- ^ Politika: Deset godina od ubistva srpskih mladića u Peći, 14 December 2008
- ^ a b c Human Rights in Kosovo: As Seen, As Told, 1999 (OSCE report)
