Meja ambush
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| Meja ambush | |||||||
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| Part of the Kosovo War | |||||||
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| File:Emblema e UÇK-së.svg Kosovo Liberation Army | File:Flag of Serbia and Montenegro; Flag of Yugoslavia (1992–2003).svg Serbian police | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Unknown | Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Milutin Prašević † | ||||||
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| File:Emblema e UÇK-së.svg 10–20 men | File:Flag of Serbia and Montenegro; Flag of Yugoslavia (1992–2003).svg 6 policemen | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| File:Emblema e UÇK-së.svg None | File:Flag of Serbia and Montenegro; Flag of Yugoslavia (1992–2003).svg 6 killed | ||||||
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The Meja ambush was an incident that occurred during the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia and the Kosovo War when members of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) ambushed and killed five Serbian policemen and one officer on 21 April 1999 near Mejë, a village in Kosovo.[1][2] The Serbian policemen were ambushed in a car on a road near the center of Mejë.[3][4] One of the officers killed was police commander, Milutin Prašević. This ambush was used as a motive for the following Meja Massacre, that happened on 28 April of that year.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ "Serb forces 'kill 300' in massacre". The Independent. 1 May 1999. Archived from the original on 2022-05-12. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
- ↑ "Remembering The Kosovo War's Meja Massacre". 19 May 2019.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Abrahams, Fred (2001). Under Orders: War Crimes in Kosovo. Human Rights Watch. p. 234. ISBN 978-1-56432-264-7.
- ↑ "Evidence Reveals Serbian Officers' Role in Kosovo Massacre was Ignored".