Attacks on Likoshane and Çirez
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Attacks on Likoshan and Qirez | |||||||
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Part of the Kosovo War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Serbian police | Kosovo Liberation Army | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Goran Radosavljević | Adem Jashari | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
30 APC's[2] 20 helicopters[2] | Unknown | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
4 policemen killed 2 seriously wounded | 16 killed[2] | ||||||
26 Albanian civilians killed[3][4] |
The Attacks on Likoshan and Qirez (Albanian: Sulmet në Likoshan dhe Qirez, Serbian: Napadi na Likošane i Ćirez) were large-scale police attacks that took place at the onset of the Kosovo War in the villages of Likoshan and Qirez.[3]
On 28 February 1998, the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) ambushed a unit of the Serbian police near Likoshan, killing four and seriously wounding two policemen. This prompted large-scale police operations in the villages of Likoshan and Qirez in the following day, leading to the killing of 4 KLA members and 26 Kosovo Albanian civilians in both villages.[3][4] The attack on Likoshan and Qirez was followed by the Attack on Prekaz on the following days.[3][5][6] The attacks on Likoshan and Qirez, as well as Prekaz, marked the beginning of the Kosovo War.