Name: The Krushë e Vogël massacre
Start: 1999-03-25
End: 1999-03-26
Location: Krushë e Vogël

The Krushë e Vogël massacre

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.

Judicially establishedThe 1998–1999 warCrimes

Editorial status: Awaiting verificationDrafted from the cited sources; not yet fully reviewed by the editors.

Key facts

Date: 25–26 March 1999
Place: Krushë e Vogël
Coordinates: Approximate location
Sources: 3
Evidence status: Evidence status: Judicially established. Established in a final court judgment. It covers only what the court found, not every later interpretation.

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The Milutinović et al. judgment names 111 people killed by MUP members and other armed Serbs; the Đorđević judgment found at least 104 named men and boys [1] [2]. The Humanitarian Law Center speaks of 114 killed [3].

VJ commander Božidar Delić denied that VJ units were in the village; the Chamber found the denial not credible. Krushë e Vogël lies in Prizren municipality and is discussed together with neighbouring Krushë e Madhe (Rahovec).

How do we know this?

The ICTY found that 104–111 men and boys were killed in Krushë e Vogël on 25–26 March 1999 by MUP members and other armed Serbs.
Evidence status: Judicially established. Established in a final court judgment. It covers only what the court found, not every later interpretation.Last reviewed: 16 September 2026
- Tribunali Penal Ndërkombëtar për ish-Jugosllavinë (ICTY), Prosecutor v. Milutinović et al., Judgement, Vol. 2 of 4, 2009, para. 433
- Tribunali Penal Ndërkombëtar për ish-Jugosllavinë (ICTY), Prosecutor v. Vlastimir Đorđević, Public Judgement with Confidential Annex, 2011, para. 495

Sources

Last reviewed: 16 September 2026

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