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Meja ambush
Part of the Kosovo War
Date21 April 1999
Location
Mejë, FR Yugoslavia
Result

KLA victory

Belligerents
Kosovo Liberation Army Serbian police
Commanders and leaders
unknown Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Milutin Prašević †
Strength
10-20 men 6 policemen
Casualties and losses
none 6 killed

The Meja ambush was an incident that occurred during the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia and the Kosovo War when members of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) ambushed and killed five Serbian policemen and one officer on 21 April 1999 near Mejë, a village in Kosovo.[1][2] The Serbian policemen were ambushed in a car on a road near the center of Mejë.[3][4] One of the officers killed was police commander, Milutin Prašević. This ambush was used as a motive for the following Meja Massacre, that happened on 28 April of that year.[3]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ "Serb forces 'kill 300' in massacre". The Independent. 1 May 1999. Archived from the original on 2022-05-12. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
  • ^ "Remembering The Kosovo War's Meja Massacre".
  • ^ a b Abrahams, Fred (2001). Under Orders: War Crimes in Kosovo. Human Rights Watch. p. 234. ISBN 978-1-56432-264-7.
  • ^ "Evidence Reveals Serbian Officers' Role in Kosovo Massacre was Ignored".

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