Dashinoc
Village
Dashinoc is located in Kosovo
Dashinoc
Dashinoc
Location in Kosovo
Coordinates: 42°32′10″N 20°23′53″E / 42.53611°N 20.39806°E / 42.53611; 20.39806
Location Kosovo
DistrictPeja
MunicipalityDeçan
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total299
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Dashinoc (Serbian Cyrillic: Дашиновац; Albanian: Dashinoc) is a village in the Deçan Municipality in western Kosovo.

History

Throughout 1998, the village and surrounding area was the scene of fighting between the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) and Yugoslav security forces during the Kosovo War.[2] From March 1998, the KLA mounted a campaign to capture the village of Dashinoc and the surrounding area with the intent of driving out local Serbs.[2] On 22 April 1998, Dashinoc was captured by the KLA with many of the local Serbs fleeing amid reports of unexplained disappearances.[3] Three Serbs remained in the village and on 16 September 1998, their bodies were discovered at Lake Radonjić, murdered as part of the Lake Radonjić massacre.[4]

Demographics

The village is exclusively inhabited by Albanians.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 2011 Kosovo Census results
  2. 1 2 "The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia" (PDF). Hague Justice Portal. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  3. ↑ The Kosovo Report - Conflict, International Response, Lessons Learned. Oxford University Press. p. 72. ISBN 9780199243099.
  4. ↑ Abrahams, Fred; Andersen, Elizabeth; McClintock, Michael (1998). Humanitarian law violations in Kosovo. United States of America: Human Rights Watch. p. 83. ISBN 9781564321947.


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