Event
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Date
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Location
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Deaths
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Perpetrator
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Victims
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Description
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Klečka killings
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17–22 July 1998
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Klečka
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22
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KLA
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Serbian civilians
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KLA used cremation chambers to burn bodies of killed Serbian civilians, covering up the crime. 22 bodies were identified from remains.[2]
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Lake Radonjić massacre
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Before 9 September 1998
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Glođane
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34
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KLA
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Serbs, Albanians
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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.
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Gornje Obrinje massacre
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26 September 1998
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Gornje Obrinje
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21
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Serbian special police
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KLA, Albanian civilians
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Operation against KLA, in retaliation of at least 14 killed Serbian policemen, subsequent massacre with HRW claiming 21 civilians.[5]
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Golubovac executions
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26 September 1998
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Golubovac
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13
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Serbian paramilitary
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KLA or Albanian civilians
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Following Gornje Obrinje, summary execution of men suspected of being KLA.[7]
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Panda Bar massacre
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14 December 1998
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Peja
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6
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Serbian civilians
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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]
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Račak massacre
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15 January 1999
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Račak
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45
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SAJ, JSO
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KLA, Albanian civilians
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Operation against KLA (9 suspected KLA killed), including killings of civilians. Controversial topic.
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Mitrovica massacre
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13 March 1999
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Bazaar of Mitrovica
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6
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Serbian police
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Albanian civilians
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After three grenades were thrown at the market, six people died, over 128 others were injured, many of them remained disabled for life.[10]
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Velika Kruša massacre
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25 March 1999
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Velika Kruša
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90–105
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Serbian special police
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Albanian civilians
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Bela Crkva massacre
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25 March 1999
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Bela Crkva
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58
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Serbian special police and paramilitary
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Albanian civilians
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Suva Reka massacre
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26 March 1999
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Suva Reka
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48
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Serbian police
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Albanian civilians
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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]
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Izbica massacre
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28 March 1999
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Kosovo
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93
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VJ, police and paramilitary
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Albanians
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After shelling of the village of Izbica, ca. 93, mostly male non-combatants, were executed.
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Podujevo massacre
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28 March 1999
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Podujevo
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14
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Serbian security forces, Scorpions
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Albanian civilians
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Security forces gunned down 19 people in the town of Podujevo, killing 14 people and injuring 5, whom were children [12]
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Ljubižda massacre
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31 March 1999
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near Prizren, Kosovo
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14
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Serbian forces
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Albanian civilians
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Security forces reportedly shot 14 men in the village of Ljubižda, northwest of Prizren.[13]
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Pusto Selo massacre
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31 March 1999
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Pusto Selo near Orahovac, Kosovo
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106
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Serbian forces
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KLA or Albanian civilians
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The men were allegedly KLA sympathizers.[14][13]
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Rezala massacre
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5 April 1999
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Rezala
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80
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Serbian forces
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Albanian civilians
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Serbian police allegedly entered the Albanian village of Rezala and gunned down at least 80 villagers suspected of harbouring KLA guerrillas.[15]
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Gjakova bombing
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14 April 1999
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Gjakova
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73
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NATO
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Albanian refugees
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NATO accidentally bomb Albanian refugees in Gjakova.
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Poklek massacre
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17 April 1999
|
|
47
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Serbian police
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Albanians
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KLA were active in the area, while a KLA checkpoint was set up in neighbouring Vasiljevo. According to testimonies, 47 people forced into a room were shot by an unidentified single gunman.
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Slovinje massacre
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15-16 April 1999
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Slovinje near Lipljan
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35-44
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Serbian security forces
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Albanians
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Between 35 and 44 people were shot and executed by Serbian police and paramillitaries in Slovinje and the immediate villages surrounding it (notably Smolusa) [19]
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Ćikatovo massacre
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17 April 1999
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Staro Ćikatovo
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24
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Serbian forces
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Albanians
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24 men of the Morina family were killed during a day-long raid by Serbian forces. Although survivors claimed that none of the killed were involved with the KLA, several members of the family are admitted KLA members.
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Meja massacre
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27 April 1999
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Meja near Gjakova
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300 (HRW est.)
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Serbian forces
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Albanian civilians
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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. 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.
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Lužane bus bombing
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1 May 1999
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Lužane
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23–60
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NATO
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Serbian civilians
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NATO missile attack on bridge.
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Vučitrn massacre
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2–3 May 1999
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Vučitrn, Kosovo
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120
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Serbian forces
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Albanian civilians
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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.
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Koriša bombing
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14 May 1999
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Koriša
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87
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NATO
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Albanian refugees
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NATO bombed a column of Albanian refugees, killing at least 87 and wounding 60.
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Ćuška massacre
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14 May 1999
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Ćuška
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41
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Serbian security forces
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Albanians
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An estimated twelve men killed in round-up, 29 men gathered into three houses and gunned down. Unclear motive.
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Bilbildere massacre
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16 May 1999
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Prizren
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2
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Serbian paramillitaries
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Albanians
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2 men were captured by Arkan’s Tigers and were summarily executed.
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Dubrava Prison massacre
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22–23 May 1999
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Dubrava
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79–82
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Serbian prison guards
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Albanian inmates
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Inmates were extrajudicially killed or summary executed on 22 and 23 May following NATO bombings on 19 May.
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Tusus massacre
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26 May 1999
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Prizren
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27–34
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Serbian forces
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Albanians
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Serbian forces kill 27–34 people and burn over 100 homes. Retaliation for at least two killed policemen on crossing street that morning by KLA.
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