During the Battle 1 UÇPMB insurgent and 1 Serb policeman were killed, while 2 Serb policemen were wounded.[4]
During the fighting, 175 civilians were displaced from the village and fled to neighbouring Kosovo.[2]
Background
The UÇPMB was created on January 26, 2000. On that day, Serbian police officers invaded the predominantly Albanian village of Dobrosin on the border with Kosovo. The village was part of the "demilitarized zone" following the Kosovo War and Kumanovo Agreement in 1999. After a firefight between the Serbian police and Albanian residents, two Albanian brothers were killed. Since then, uniformed LAPMB started to appear in the village.[5]