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14 May 1999 · 1999

The Qyshk massacre

On 14 May 1999 an armed Serbian force surrounded Qyshk, burned houses, robbed villagers and separated the men from the women and children; groups of men were shot inside three houses, which were then set on fire. Pavlan and Zahaq were attacked the same day.
Evidence status: Judicially established. Established in a final court judgment. It covers only what the court found, not every later interpretation.The 1998–1999 warCrimes

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Sources

  1. [1]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. — paras 743–764
  2. [2]Humanitarian Law Center. Report on War Crimes Trials in Serbia in 2012. 2013-02. https://www.hlc-rdc.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Report-on-war-crimes-trials-in-Serbia-in-2012-ENG-FF.pdf. Accessed 2026-09-16.
  3. [3]Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN). Serbia Convicts Yugoslav Army Soldiers of Kosovo Village Massacres. Balkan Insight, 2024-04-24. https://balkaninsight.com/2024/04/24/serbia-convicts-yugoslav-army-soldiers-of-kosovo-village-massacres/btj/. Accessed 2026-09-16.

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