Dashinoc
Dashinoc
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Village | |
  Dashinoc Location in Kosovo | |
| Coordinates: 42°32′10″N 20°23′53″E / 42.53611°N 20.39806°E | |
| Location |  Kosovo |
| District | Peja |
| Municipality | Deçan |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Total | 299 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Dashinoc (Serbian Cyrillic: Дашиновац; Albanian: Dashinoc) is a village in the Deçan Municipality in western Kosovo.
History
[edit]Throughout 1998, the village and surrounding area was the scene of fighting between the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) and Yugoslav security forces during the Kosovo War.[2] From March 1998, the KLA mounted a campaign to capture the village of Dashinoc and the surrounding area with the intent of driving out local Serbs.[2] On 22 April 1998, Dashinoc was captured by the KLA with many of the local Serbs fleeing amid reports of unexplained disappearances.[3] Three Serbs remained in the village and on 16 September 1998, their bodies were discovered at Lake Radonjić, murdered as part of the Lake Radonjić massacre.[4]
Demographics
[edit]The village is exclusively inhabited by Albanians.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Ethnic composition of Kosovo 2011". pop-stat.mashke.org.
- ^ a b "The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia" (PDF). Hague Justice Portal. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
- ^ The Kosovo Report - Conflict, International Response, Lessons Learned. Oxford University Press. p. 72. ISBN 9780199243099.
- ^ Abrahams, Fred; Andersen, Elizabeth; McClintock, Michael (1998). Humanitarian law violations in Kosovo. United States of America: Human Rights Watch. p. 83. ISBN 9781564321947.
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