- Date of the event
- Place
- Suharekë
- Evidence status
- Evidence status: Judicially established. Established in a final court judgment. It covers only what the court found, not every later interpretation.
On 26 March 1999, during a police action in Suharekë, members of the extended Berisha family were shot near their homes and inside a pizzeria where they had sheltered, including with grenades. Many of the bodies were later moved to the Batajnica mass grave.
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
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