Timeline of the Kosovo War

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Timeline of the Kosovo War. Abbreviations:

Combatants
Peace-keeping forces
Organizations

Background

1981

DateEvent
11 March 1981 protests in Kosovo: Student protest starts at the University of Pristina
1 AprilBetween 5,000 and 25,000 demonstrators of Albanian nationality call for SAP Kosovo to become a constituent republic inside Yugoslavia, as opposed to an autonomous province of Serbia.
2 AprilPresidency sends special forces to stop the demonstrations and declares a state of emergency in regards to Kosovo. State of emergency lasts 7 days. [1]
3 AprilEnd of demonstrations during which 9 people are killed and more than 250 injured. [2]

1991-1992

DateEvent
30 DecemberSiege of Prekaz. Yugoslav forces are pressured to retreat from Prekaz. [3]

1993-1996

DateEvent
May2 Serbian police officers were killed in an ambush by Albanians in the town of Glogavac, Kosovo. [4]
27 OctoberA Serbian police inspector and a Serbian policeman were killed by the KLA in an ambush in the village of Surkis in Podujevo. [5]
21 AprilKosovo Albanian student Armend Daci was shot by a Serb civilian sniper in Sunny Hill, Prishtina.
25 AprilThree KLA members shoot in Restaurant Çakor in Deçan and kill three people.
16 JunePolice officer Goran Mitrović was seriously injured in an attack on a police patrol near Podujevo by the KLA. [6]
17 JuneIn Sipolje, near Kosovska Mitrovica, a police patrol was attacked by KLA members at around 23:55. Predrag Djordjevic (28) from Kruševac was killed and Zoran Vukocic (30) from Niš was injured. [6]

1998

1999

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