Today in history, 30 October: The Krushë e Vogël massacre

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

Date of the event: 25–26 March 1999
Place: Krushë e Vogël
Evidence status: Evidence status: Judicially established. Established in a final court judgment. It covers only what the court found, not every later interpretation.

After shelling and a joint VJ and MUP attack on 25 March 1999, on 26 March MUP members separated the men from the women and children, forced them into a building in the Batusha compound, shot them and set the building on fire.

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Historical context

1999

From the Reçak massacre to the entry of KFOR: six months that saw failed negotiations, NATO's intervention, the mass expulsion of Albanians and crimes documented by international courts.

Read the chapter “1999: Reçak, expulsions and the end of the war”

Sources

[1]Tribunali Penal Ndërkombëtar për ish-Jugosllavinë (ICTY). Prosecutor v. Milutinović et al., Judgement, Vol. 2 of 4. 2009-02-26. IT-05-87-T. https://www.icty.org/x/cases/milutinovic/tjug/en/jud090226-e2of4.pdf. Accessed 2026-09-16.
[2]Tribunali Penal Ndërkombëtar për ish-Jugosllavinë (ICTY). Prosecutor v. Vlastimir Đorđević, Public Judgement with Confidential Annex. 2011-02-23. IT-05-87/1-T. https://www.icty.org/x/cases/djordjevic/tjug/en/110223_djordjevic_judgt_en.pdf. Accessed 2026-09-16.
[3]Humanitarian Law Center. We Should Know the Facts: Mala Kruša, March 25 and 26, 1999. 2011-03-25. https://www.hlc-rdc.org/en/public-information/press-releases-informisanje/we-should-know-the-facts-mala-krusa-march-25-and-26-1999/. Accessed 2026-09-16.