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Dashinoc

Coordinates: 42°32′10″N 20°23′53″E / 42.53611°N 20.39806°E / 42.53611; 20.39806
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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

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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

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The village is exclusively inhabited by Albanians.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Ethnic composition of Kosovo 2011". pop-stat.mashke.org.
  2. ^ a b "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.