Lake Radonjić massacre

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In 1989, Kosovo's autonomy within [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]] was revoked.{{cite journal |last=Bethlehem |first=Daniel |last2=Weller |first2=Marc |date=28 July 1997 |title=The Yugoslav Crisis in International Law, Part 1 |journal=[[International & Comparative Law Quarterly]] |publisher=[[University of Cambridge Press]] |volume=47 |issue=3 |pages=xxii |isbn=9780521463041 |issn=1362-7627}} Soon after, the [[Kosovo Liberation Army]] (KLA) was formed to fight the Yugoslav establishment."Unknown Albanian 'liberation army' claims attacks", Agence France Presse, February 17, 1996 After a string of minor attacks, the KLA's mission became much more aggressive,{{Cite web|url=http://www.hlc-rdc.org/?p=13091|title = Vrhovni sud Kosova osudio nekadašnjeg pripadnika OVK Idriza Gashi na 14 godina zatvora za ratni zločin |website=hlc-rdc.org |publisher=Humanitarian Law Center}} which led to them claiming areas that were key to Serbia's fuel-supply, near the town of [[Orahovac, Kosovo|Orahovac]]. Years of ethnic tension had preceded the Kosovo War, and spilled into numerous atrocities on both sides.

In 1989, Kosovo's autonomy within [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]] was revoked.{{cite journal |last=Bethlehem |first=Daniel |last2=Weller |first2=Marc |date=28 July 1997 |title=The Yugoslav Crisis in International Law, Part 1 |journal=[[International & Comparative Law Quarterly]] |publisher=[[University of Cambridge Press]] |volume=47 |issue=3 |pages=xxii |isbn=9780521463041 |issn=1362-7627}} Soon after, the [[Kosovo Liberation Army]] (KLA) was formed to fight the Yugoslav establishment."Unknown Albanian 'liberation army' claims attacks", Agence France Presse, February 17, 1996 After a string of minor attacks, the KLA's mission became much more aggressive,{{Cite web|url=http://www.hlc-rdc.org/?p=13091|title = Vrhovni sud Kosova osudio nekadašnjeg pripadnika OVK Idriza Gashi na 14 godina zatvora za ratni zločin |website=hlc-rdc.org |publisher=Humanitarian Law Center}} which led to them claiming areas that were key to Serbia's fuel-supply, near the town of [[Orahovac, Kosovo|Orahovac]]. Years of ethnic tension had preceded the Kosovo War, and spilled into numerous atrocities on both sides.

Beginning in March 1998, the KLA under the command of [[Ramush Haradinaj]] mounted a campaign north of Lake Radonjić to seize control over the area between [[Glodjane]] and [[Deçan]]. By April 1998, almost every Serb civilian in the KLA operational zone were either killed or expelled from the area, with Albanian civilians considered collaborators also facing attacks. Between March and September 1998, the KLA abducted over 60 civilians, subsequently killing many of them.{{cite web | url=http://www.icty.org/case/haradinaj/4#tjug |title= Trial Chamber Judgment - para 148 |publisher=U.N. |date=3 April 2008|accessdate=6 February 2013}} In September 1998, the [[Army of Serbia and Montenegro|Yugoslav Army]] (VJ) and police mounted a counter-offensive and captured a series of villages around [[Radonjić Lake|Lake Radonjić]] from the KLA beginning with [[Prilep, Kosovo|Prilep]], [[Irzniq]], [[Dashinoc]] and Glodjane.{{cite web | url=http://articles.latimes.com/1998/sep/09/news/mn-21017 | title=New Serbian Offensive Said to be Underway | publisher=L.A. Times |date=9 September 1998 |accessdate=6 February 2013}} Yugoslav military moved through the villages around the lake in order to attack and expel the KLA. Colonel John Crosland, an [[England|English]] military officer attached to the VJ, witnessed this first hand and commented on the destruction caused by those forces.{{cite web |url=http://www.ictytranscripts.org/trials/haradinaj/070523IT.htm |title=Public Testimony of John Crosland, transcript page 4666-4670 |date=23 May 2007 |publisher=U.N. |accessdate=6 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131228205615/http://www.ictytranscripts.org/trials/haradinaj/070523IT.htm |archive-date=28 December 2013 |url-status=dead }} He noted that he personally witnessed looting and burning of houses by Serbian forces and that the village of Prilep was razed to 18 inches about the ground. He stated that the VJ, Serbian police forces and paramilitary police forces including MUP, PJP, SAJ, and JSO were involved in the offensive.

Beginning in March 1998, the KLA under the command of [[Ramush Haradinaj]] mounted a campaign north of Lake Radonjić to seize control over the area between [[Glodjane]] and [[Deçan]]. By April 1998, almost every Serb civilian in the KLA operational zone were either killed or expelled from the area, with Albanian civilians considered collaborators also facing attacks. Between March and September 1998, the KLA abducted over 60 civilians, subsequently killing many of them.{{cite web | url=http://www.icty.org/case/haradinaj/4#tjug |title= Trial Chamber Judgment - para 148 |publisher=U.N. |date=3 April 2008|accessdate=6 February 2013}} In September 1998, the [[Army of Serbia and Montenegro|Yugoslav Army]] (VJ) and police mounted a counter-offensive and captured a series of villages around [[Radonjić Lake|Lake Radonjić]] from the KLA beginning with [[Prilep, Kosovo|Prilep]], [[Irzniq]], [[Dashinoc]] and Glodjane.{{cite web | url=http://articles.latimes.com/1998/sep/09/news/mn-21017 | title=New Serbian Offensive Said to be Underway | publisher=L.A. Times |date=9 September 1998 |accessdate=6 February 2013}} In September 1998, the [[Army of Serbia and Montenegro|Yugoslav Army]] (VJ) and police mounted a counter-offensive and captured a series of villages around [[Radonjić Lake|Lake Radonjić]] from the KLA beginning with [[Prilep, Kosovo|Prilep]], [[Irzniq]], [[Dashinoc]] and Glodjane./>>{{cite web | url=http://articles.latimes.com/1998/sep/09/news/mn-21017 | title=New Serbian Offensive Said to be Underway | publisher=L.A. Times |date=9 September 1998 |accessdate=6 February 2013}} KLA forces had grown stronger and tended to control villages away from the main roads while the Yugoslav military was positioned on the hills around Lake Radonjić.="ICTY"/> Throughout the summer, Yugoslav forces shelled surrounding Albanian villages around Lake Radonjić from their position on the hills daily.{{cite web | url=http://www.icty.org/case/haradinaj/4#tjug |title= Trial Chamber Judgment - para 96 |publisher=U.N. |date=3 April 2008|accessdate=6 February 2013}} In September, the Yugoslav military moved through the villages around the lake in order to attack and expel the KLA. Colonel John Crosland, an [[England|English]] military officer attached to the VJ, witnessed this first hand and commented on the destruction caused by those forces. He noted that he personally witnessed looting and burning of houses by Serbian forces and that the village of Prilep was razed to 18 inches about the ground. He stated that the VJ, Serbian police forces and paramilitary police forces including MUP, PJP, SAJ, and JSO were involved in the offensive.>{{cite web |url=http://www.ictytranscripts.org/trials/haradinaj/070523IT.htm |title=Public Testimony of John Crosland, transcript page 4666-4670 |date=23 May 2007 |publisher=U.N. |accessdate=6 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131228205615/http://www.ictytranscripts.org/trials/haradinaj/070523IT.htm |archive-date=28 December 2013 |url-status=dead }}>

==Massacre==

==Massacre==