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Insurgency in Kosovo[edit]

See also: Insurgency in Kosovo (1995–98)
Event Date Location Deaths Perpetrator Victims Description
Attacks on Likošane and Ćirez 28 February–1 March 1998 Likošane and Ćirez, near Glogovac 26 Serbian special police KLA, Albanian civilians Operation against KLA (4 killed) and Albanian civilians (22 killed).
Attack on Prekaz 5–7 March 1998 Prekaz, near Srbica 58 VJ, SAJ KLA, Albanian civilians Operation against KLA after attacks on nearby police, shelling of leader Adem Jashari's compound, including civilian victims.[1]

Kosovo War[edit]

See also: Kosovo War
Event Date Location Deaths Perpetrator Victims Description
Klečka killings 17–22 July 1998 Klečka 22 KLA Serbian civilians KLA used cremation chambers to burn bodies of killed Serbian civilians, covering up the crime. 22 bodies were identified from remains.[2]
Lake Radonjić massacre Before 9 September 1998 Glođane 34 KLA Serbs, Albanians On 9 September 1998 the Serbian police announced the finding of a mass grave. By 16 September 34 bodies were gathered. Victims included some Albanians.[3][4]
Gornje Obrinje massacre 26 September 1998 Gornje Obrinje 21 Serbian special police KLA, Albanian civilians Operation against KLA, in retaliation of at least 14 killed Serbian policemen, subsequent massacre with HRW claiming 21 civilians.[5]
Golubovac executions 26 September 1998 Golubovac 13 Serbian paramilitary KLA or Albanian civilians Following Gornje Obrinje,[6] summary execution of men suspected of being KLA.[7]
Panda Bar massacre 14 December 1998 Peja 6 Serbian civilians 6 Serb civilians killed and 14 wounded in attack on café in Peja. The KLA was accused at the time of the events, but strongly rejected any involvement. The Serbian Organised Crime Prosecutor's Office launched an investigation in 2016 and reached the conclusion that the massacre was not perpetrated by Albanians.[8]
Račak massacre 15 January 1999 Račak 45 SAJ, JSO KLA, Albanian civilians Operation against KLA (9 suspected KLA killed), including killings of civilians.[9] Controversial topic.
Mitrovica massacre 13 March 1999 Bazaar of Mitrovica 6 Serbian police Albanian civilians After three grenades were thrown at the market, six people died, over 128 others were injured, many of them remained disabled for life.[10]
Velika Kruša massacre 25 March 1999 Velika Kruša 90–105 Serbian special police Albanian civilians
Bela Crkva massacre 25 March 1999 Bela Crkva 58 Serbian special police and paramilitary Albanian civilians
Suva Reka massacre 26 March 1999 Suva Reka 48 Serbian police Albanian civilians Members of the Berisha family were forced into their family-owned pizzeria, where two hand grenades were thrown. Serbian police officers shot those who displayed signs of life. The bodies were disposed into a mass grave near a police facility in Batajnica, Serbia.[11]
Izbica massacre 28 March 1999 Kosovo 93 VJ, police and paramilitary Albanians After shelling of the village of Izbica, ca. 93, mostly male non-combatants, were executed.
Podujevo massacre 28 March 1999 Podujevo 14 Serbian security forces, Scorpions Albanian civilians Security forces gunned down 19 people in the town of Podujevo, killing 14 people and injuring 5, whom were children [12]
Ljubižda massacre 31 March 1999 near Prizren, Kosovo 14 Serbian forces Albanian civilians Security forces reportedly shot 14 men in the village of Ljubižda, northwest of Prizren.[13]
Pusto Selo massacre 31 March 1999 Pusto Selo near Orahovac, Kosovo 106 Serbian forces KLA or Albanian civilians The men were allegedly KLA sympathizers.[14][13]
Rezala massacre 5 April 1999 Rezala 80 Serbian forces Albanian civilians Serbian police allegedly entered the Albanian village of Rezala and gunned down at least 80 villagers suspected of harbouring KLA guerrillas.[15]
Gjakova bombing 14 April 1999 Gjakova 73 NATO Albanian refugees NATO accidentally bomb Albanian refugees in Gjakova.
Poklek massacre 17 April 1999 47 Serbian police Albanians KLA were active in the area, while a KLA checkpoint was set up in neighbouring Vasiljevo.[16] According to testimonies, 47 people forced into a room were shot by an unidentified single gunman.[17]
Slovinje massacre 15-16 April 1999 Slovinje near Lipljan 35-44 Serbian security forces Albanians Between 35 and 44 people were shot and executed by Serbian police and paramillitaries in Slovinje and the immediate villages surrounding it (notably Smolusa) [18] [19]
Ćikatovo massacre 17 April 1999 Staro Ćikatovo 24 Serbian forces Albanians 24 men of the Morina family were killed during a day-long raid by Serbian forces.[20] Although survivors claimed that none of the killed were involved with the KLA, several members of the family are admitted KLA members.[20]
Meja massacre 27 April 1999 Meja near Gjakova 300 (HRW est.) Serbian forces Albanian civilians Serbian forces retaliate for the KLA killing of five Serbian policemen in Meja on 21 April, by mass killings on 27 April in that village.[21] The number of victims is unknown, but is believed by HRW to be 300 (based on missing persons list), although very few bodies have been found.[22]
Lužane bus bombing 1 May 1999 Lužane 23–60 NATO Serbian civilians NATO missile attack on bridge.
Vučitrn massacre 2–3 May 1999 Vučitrn, Kosovo 120 Serbian forces Albanian civilians Albanian refugees fleeing the fighting that was occurring between the Yugoslav Army and the KLA were cornered by the Serb Special Forces (who suspected that some KLA members were fleeing the fighting with the refugees). The Special Forces picked out about 120 men who they suspected of being KLA deserters and sprayed them with bullets and later hid their bodies in a mass-grave near Gornja Sudimlja.
Koriša bombing 14 May 1999 Koriša 87 NATO Albanian refugees NATO bombed a column of Albanian refugees, killing at least 87 and wounding 60.
Ćuška massacre 14 May 1999 Ćuška 41 Serbian security forces Albanians An estimated twelve men killed in round-up, 29 men gathered into three houses and gunned down.[23] Unclear motive.[24]
Bilbildere massacre 16 May 1999 Prizren 2 Serbian paramillitaries Albanians 2 men were captured by Arkan’s Tigers and were summarily executed.[25]
Dubrava Prison massacre 22–23 May 1999 Dubrava 79–82 Serbian prison guards Albanian inmates Inmates were extrajudicially killed or summary executed on 22 and 23 May following NATO bombings on 19 May.[26]
Tusus massacre 26 May 1999 Prizren 27–34 Serbian forces Albanians Serbian forces kill 27–34 people and burn over 100 homes.[27] Retaliation for at least two killed policemen on crossing street that morning by KLA.[27]
  1. ^ Krieger 2001, p. 96.
  2. ^ Human Rights Watch (2001). UNDER ORDERS: War Crimes in Kosovo. Samizdat B92.
  3. ^ Krieger 2001, p. 108.
  4. ^ HRW 2001, p. 13.
  5. ^ Dag Henriksen (15 November 2013). NATO's Gamble: Combining Diplomacy and Airpower in the Kosovo Crisis, 1998-1999. Naval Institute Press. pp. 132–. ISBN 978-1-61251-555-7.
  6. ^ Henriksen 2013, p. 132.
  7. ^ United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. "Refworld - A Week of Terror in Drenica: Humanitarian Law Violations in Kosovo". Refworld. Archived from the original on 11 October 2012. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  8. ^ Rudic, Filip; Haxhiaj, Rexhepe (2018). "Kosovo's Panda Café Massacre Mystery Unsolved 20 Years On".
  9. ^ Judah 2000, p. 193.
  10. ^ "Përkujtohet masakra e 13 marsit 1999 në Mitrovicë". Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  11. ^ "Four Serb Policemen Jailed for Suva Reka Massacre". 25 April 2009. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
  12. ^ [1]
  13. ^ a b Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Kosovo): After tragedy, justice?
  14. ^ "UNDER ORDERS: War Crimes in Kosovo - 9. Orahovac Municipality". Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  15. ^ "UNDER ORDERS: War Crimes in Kosovo - 5. Drenica Region". Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  16. ^ HRW 2001, p. 167.
  17. ^ HRW 2001, pp. 168, 171.
  18. ^ HRW 2001, p. 163, 168.
  19. ^ "CRISIS IN THE BALKANS: THE ATROCITIES; Kosovo Town's Tale of Betrayal and Massacre". Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  20. ^ a b HRW 2001, p. 173.
  21. ^ HRW 2001, p. 228.
  22. ^ HRW 2001, pp. 227–228.
  23. ^ HRW 2001, pp. 305–306.
  24. ^ HRW 2001, p. 307.
  25. ^ HRW 2001, pp. 205.
  26. ^ HRW 2001, pp. 244–259.
  27. ^ a b HRW 2001, p. 339.
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