Attack on Orahovac
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The attack on Orahovac was a 3-day long clash Between 17 and 20 July 1998 and was fought between the forces of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) and the FR Yugoslavia. The KLA surrounded Serb villages intending to assert authority for the Kosovo Albanian provisional government through taking over a town and creating a corridor between KLA hotbed in Drenica and the Albanian border region. 8 KLA fighters and two Yugoslav police officers were killed, as well as five Serb civilians during the attack, while 85 Serb civilians were abducted by the KLA, 40 of whom are presumed to have been murdered. During the takeover of the town by Serbian special police, 79 Albanians civilians were executed.
Attack on Orahovac | |||||||
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Part of the Kosovo War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Kosovo Liberation Army | FR Yugoslavia | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Agim Çela † |
Božidar Delić Stojan Konjikovac Veljko Radenović | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
Prizren SUP | |||||||
Strength | |||||||
Unknown | 500 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
8 KLA killed[1] | 2 Yugoslav police killed | ||||||
Aftermaths of the battle consisted of 79 executions of Albanian civilians, 5 Serb civilian deaths and 85 abductions of Serb civilians in which 40 got killed. |