Drenica massacres

E386182

crime against humanity massacre war crime

The Drenica massacres were a series of mass killings of ethnic Albanian civilians by Serbian security forces in the Drenica region of Kosovo during the late 1990s, which became emblematic of the brutality of the Kosovo conflict.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Attack on Prekaz (March 1998)	1
Drenica massacres canonical	1
Izbica massacre	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	crime against humanity ⓘ massacre ⓘ war crime ⓘ
cause	Serbian crackdown on Kosovo Liberation Army ⓘ
conflict	Kosovo War ⓘ
context	insurgency of the Kosovo Liberation Army ⓘ
country	Yugoslavia ⓘ surface form: Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
endDate	1999 ⓘ
ethnicTarget	ethnic Albanians ⓘ
humanRightsConcern	destruction of civilian property ⓘ extrajudicial killings ⓘ forced expulsions ⓘ
investigatedBy	International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia ⓘ
legalCharacterization	serious violations of international humanitarian law ⓘ
location	Drenica ⓘ Kosovo ⓘ
mediaCoverage	extensive international media coverage ⓘ
memorialization	commemorated annually by Kosovo Albanians ⓘ
method	burning of homes ⓘ forced displacement ⓘ indiscriminate shelling of villages ⓘ summary executions ⓘ
notableEvent	Račak massacre ⓘ surface form: Glogovac area killings Drenica massacres self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Izbica massacre Prekaz massacre ⓘ surface form: Likoshan massacre Prekaz massacre ⓘ Ćirez massacre ⓘ Prekaz massacre ⓘ surface form: Čikatovo massacre
opposingForce	Kosovo Liberation Army ⓘ NATO ⓘ surface form: NATO (indirectly, through later intervention)
partOf	Kosovo War ⓘ surface form: Serbian counter-insurgency campaign in Kosovo ethnic cleansing of Albanians in Kosovo ⓘ
pattern	systematic attacks on Albanian-populated villages in Drenica ⓘ
perpetrator	Serbian police forces ⓘ surface form: Serbian security forces Armed Forces of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ⓘ surface form: Yugoslav security forces
region	central Kosovo ⓘ
relatedTo	Kosovo War ⓘ surface form: Kosovo refugee crisis NATO bombing of Yugoslavia ⓘ
result	increased NATO concern over Kosovo ⓘ international condemnation ⓘ large-scale displacement of Albanian civilians ⓘ
significance	catalyst for greater international involvement in Kosovo ⓘ emblematic of brutality of Kosovo conflict ⓘ
startDate	1998 ⓘ
timePeriod	late 1990s ⓘ
victimGroup	Albanian civilians ⓘ
victimStatus	non-combatant civilians ⓘ

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Input

Subject: Drenica massacres
Description of subject: The Drenica massacres were a series of mass killings of ethnic Albanian civilians by Serbian security forces in the Drenica region of Kosovo during the late 1990s, which became emblematic of the brutality of the Kosovo conflict.

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Račak massacre → relatedEvent → Drenica massacres ⓘ

Adem Jashari → event → Drenica massacres ⓘ

this entity surface form: Attack on Prekaz (March 1998)

Drenica massacres → notableEvent → Drenica massacres self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Izbica massacre