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Battle of Glodjane
Part of Kosovo War
DateSeptember 9, 1998
LocationGlodjane, near Đakovica
Result Decisive Yugoslav Victory
Belligerents
Yugoslav Police UÇK
Commanders and leaders
Sreten Lukić Ramush Haradinaj
Strength
500 police officers 250 insurgents
Casualties and losses
1 dead
6 wounded
8 dead
45 wounded
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 38 civilians killed
Kosovo War
Prelude

Wartime events

Aftermath

Aspects

The Battle of Glodjane (Template:Lang-sr; Template:Lang-al) was a battle that was fought in 1998 during the Kosovo War between the Albanian militant group the Kosovo Liberation Army (UÇK) and Yugoslav police officers.

Attrocities

After the battle, 37 Serbs were massacred by the Kosovo Liberation Army (UÇK). The corpses were then taken away from Glodjane and were either buried in mass graves or thrown into Lake Radonjić.


References

  1. http://www.hrw.org/legacy/campaigns/kosovo98/timeline.shtml
  2. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/kla-rebels-lose-stronghold-1171340.html
  3. http://www.hlc-rdc.org/?p=13091
  4. http://www.vreme.com/cms/view.php?id=613776
  5. http://www.pogledi.rs/galerija/sz/index.php
  6. Heike Krieger (2001). The Kosovo conflict and international law: an analytical documentation 1974–1999. Cambridge University Press. pp. 38–. ISBN 978-0-521-80071-6. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
  7. Heike Krieger (2001). The Kosovo conflict and international law: an analytical documentation 1974–1999. Cambridge University Press. pp. 38–. ISBN 978-0-521-80071-6. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
  8. http://www.hlc-rdc.org/?p=13091
  9. http://www.vreme.com/cms/view.php?id=613776
  10. http://www.pogledi.rs/galerija/sz/index.php


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