Battle of Lođa
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Battle of Lođa | |||||||
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Part of Kosovo War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
KLA FARK | Yugoslav Forces | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Tahir Zemaj | Nebojša Pavković | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
2 civilians killed, 25 wounded[1] |
The Battle of Lođa (Template:Lang-sr, Template:Lang-al) was a battle between the FR Yugoslav army against the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) and Armed Forces of the Republic of Kosova (FARK),[2] an operation launched to counterattack the Albanian rebels after two Yugoslav policemen patrolling the area had been killed.[3] The four-week offensive[1] ended in a Yugoslav victory.[3] All of village's 284 houses and mosque were destroyed by Serbian Police with bulldozers.[4]
References
- ^ a b "Refugees In Kosovo Are in Peril". The New York Times. 17 August 1998. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
- ^ "Kosovo PM: Solve Post-War Political Murders".
- ^ a b "Serbia: Kosovo fighting dies out after rebel loss | ReliefWeb". Reliefweb.int. 1998-08-17. Retrieved 2012-01-21.
- ^ Human Rights Watch (Organization) (2001). Under Orders: War Crimes in Kosovo. Human Rights Watch. pp. 542–. ISBN 978-1-56432-264-7.