Timeline of the Kosovo War. Abbreviations:
Date | Event |
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11 March | 1981 protests in Kosovo: Student protest starts at the University of Pristina |
1 April | Between 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 April | Presidency 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 April | End of demonstrations during which 9 people are killed and more than 250 injured. [2] |
Date | Event |
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30 December | Siege of Prekaz. Yugoslav forces are pressured to retreat from Prekaz. [3] |
Date | Event |
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May | 2 Serbian police officers were killed in an ambush by Albanians in the town of Glogavac, Kosovo. [4] |
27 October | A Serbian police inspector and a Serbian policeman were killed by the KLA in an ambush in the village of Surkis in Podujevo. [5] |
21 April | Kosovo Albanian student Armend Daci was shot by a Serb civilian sniper in Sunny Hill, Prishtina. |
25 April | Three KLA members shoot in Restaurant Çakor in Deçan and kill three people. |
16 June | Police officer Goran Mitrović was seriously injured in an attack on a police patrol near Podujevo by the KLA. [6] |
17 June | In 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] |
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