Meja ambush
1999 ambush in FR Yugoslavia
| Meja ambush | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of the Kosovo War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Kosovo Liberation Army |  Serbian police | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| unknown |  Milutin Prašević † | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 10-20 men | 6 policemen | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| none | 6 killed | ||||||
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Kosovo War
Prelude
- Likošane and Ćirez
- Prekaz
Wartime events
- UNSCR 1160
- Albanian–Yugoslav border ambush
- Lapušnik prison camp
- Belaćevac Mine
- Ljubenić mass graves
- Lođa
- 1st Albanian–Yugoslav border
- Klečka killings
- Orahovac
- Junik
- Lake Radonjić massacre
- Glodjane
- UNSCR 1199
- Gornje Obrinje massacre
- UNSCR 1203
- UNSCR 1207
- 2nd Albanian–Yugoslav border
- 3rd Albanian–Yugoslav border
- Panda Bar massacre
- Podujevo
- Ambush near Suva Reka
- Račak massacre
- Allied Force
- F-117A shoot-down
- Novi Sad blitz
- Bela Crkva massacre
- Krusha massacres
- Suva Reka massacre
- Izbica massacre
- Drenica massacres
- 4th Albanian-Yugoslav border
- Battle of Košare
- Battle of Paštrik
- Grdelica
- Gjakova
- Meja ambush
- RTS headquarters
- Meja
- Yugoslav Ministry of Defence
- Lužane bus bombing
- Varvarin bridge bombing
- Vushtrri massacre
- Niš cluster bombing
- Chinese embassy
- Koriša bombing
- Ćuška massacre
Aftermath
Aspects
- War crimes
- Mass graves: Batajnica mass graves, Rudnica mass grave, Ugljare mass grave, Mališevo mass grave
- Destruction of heritage (Albanian · Serbian)
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]
See also
References
- ^ "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".
