Likoshane and Qirez massacre

1998 CE.

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The Attacks on Likoshan and Çirez (Albanian: Sulmet në Likoshan dhe Çirez, 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 Çirez. 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 Çirez in the following day, leading to the killing of 16 KLA members and 26 Kosovo Albanian civilians in both villages. The attack on Likoshan and Çirez was followed by the Attack on Prekaz on the following days. The attacks on Likoshan and Çirez, as well as Prekaz, marked the beginning of the Kosovo War.

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