Ambush near Suva Reka

Ambush near Suva Reka
Part of the Kosovo War
Date8 January 1999
Location
Result

KLA victory

Belligerents
Kosovo Liberation Army Serbian police
Yugoslav army
Commanders and leaders
Unknown Uroš Nikolić[1]
Units involved
125th Brigade 549th motorized brigade of Prizren[1]
Casualties and losses
3 wounded 3 killed
4 wounded
2 civilians seriously wounded

The Ambush near Suva Reka (Serbian: Zaseda kod Suve Reke) was an incident that occurred during the Kosovo War when members of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) ambushed a MUP convoy,[2] killing three Serbian policemen near the village of Duhël, close to Suva Reka.[3][4][5][6][7] The three Serbian policemen were blown up by a rocket-propelled grenade that exploded on impact with their squad car.[3][7]

  1. ^ a b Dossier. "549th Motorized Brigade of the Yugoslav Army" (PDF).
  2. ^ "House of Commons - Foreign Affairs - Minutes of Evidence". parliament.uk.
  3. ^ a b "Kosovo grenade ambush kills Serb policemen". Irish Independent.
  4. ^ "USAID/OFDA Kosovo Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) Update January 11, 1999 - Albania | ReliefWeb". reliefweb.int. January 11, 1999.
  5. ^ "OHR BiH TV News Summary, 8 January 1999". Office of the High Representative.
  6. ^ Aertsen, Ivo; Arsovska, Jane; Vanspauwen, Kris; Valiñas, Marta; Rohne, Holger (2013). Restoring Justice After Large-scale Violent Conflicts - Kosovo, DR Congo and the Israeli-Palestinian Case. Willian Publishing. pp. 90–91. ISBN 978-1-84392-302-2.
  7. ^ a b "Kosovo rebels kill 3 Serbs". The Associated Press. 9 January 1999. p. 1.

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