Event
April 23, 1998, Albanian–Yugoslav border ambush
23 Apr 1998 · 42.53° N, 20.14° E
What the records say
- When
- 23 Apr 1998
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 42.53° N, 20.14° E
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, April 23, 1998, Albanian–Yugoslav border ambush.
April 23, 1998, Albanian–Yugoslav border ambush
On the morning of April 23, 1998, a band of Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) fighters was ambushed by a group of Yugoslav Army (VJ) border guards near the Košare outpost, just west of Deçan. The fighters had been trying to smuggle weapons and supplies into Kosovo via northern Albania. Nineteen were killed in the ensuing attack, and a further two were captured. The VJ did not sustain any casualties.
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