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Today in history, 2 October: The killing of 14 Serb farmers in Staro Gracko

On 23 July 1999, after the war had ended, 14 Kosovo Serb farmers were shot dead while harvesting near the village of Staro Gracko. UNMIK and NATO condemned the killings; no one has been convicted.

The recorded event closest to today's date in the archive calendar.

Date of the event
Place
Gracko e Vjetër (Staro Gracko)
Evidence status
Evidence status: Documented. Supported by contemporaneous documents, institutional reports or independent studies that corroborate one another.

On 23 July 1999, after the war had ended, 14 Kosovo Serb farmers were shot dead while harvesting near the village of Staro Gracko. UNMIK and NATO condemned the killings; no one has been convicted.

Full event record, with sources and map

Historical context

The postwar period and legacy

The end of the war did not end the violence, the grief or the search for truth. This period is treated separately from the armed conflict of 1998–1999.

Read the chapter “After the war: justice, the missing and memory”

Sources

  1. [1]NATO. NATO News: Kosovo (23 July 1999). 1999-07-23. https://www.nato.int/en/news-and-events/articles/news/1999/07/23/kosovo. Accessed 2026-09-16.
  2. [2]Sekretari i Përgjithshëm i OKB-së. Secretary-General condemns killing of Serb farmers in Kosovo (SG/SM/7077). 1999-07-26. https://press.un.org/en/1999/19990726.sgsm7077.html. Accessed 2026-09-16.
  3. [3]Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN). Bloody Harvest: 1999 Massacre of Kosovo Serbs Remains Unpunished. Balkan Insight, 2019-07-23. https://balkaninsight.com/2019/07/23/bloody-harvest-1999-massacre-of-kosovo-serbs-remains-unpunished/. Accessed 2026-09-16.

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