Ambush near Kosovska Mitrovica
Incident during the Kosovo War / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Ambush near Kosovska Mitrovica (Serbian: Zaseda kod Kosovske Mitrovice) was an incident that occurred on 8 January 1999, when members of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) ambushed a Yugoslav Interior Ministry convoy carrying rations to troops stationed in a field near Kosovska Mitrovica.[2][3][4][5] Later that evening, two columns of Yugoslav troops, accompanied with at least fifty tanks, set off in the direction of Kosovska Mitrovica.[3][6] The Yugoslav troops told journalists that they were heading toward the area where the captive troops were thought to be held.[3]
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Ambush near Mitrovica | |||||||
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Part of the Kosovo War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Kosovo Liberation Army | Federal Republic of Yugoslavia | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
141st Brigade “Mehë Uka” | Yugoslav Army | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
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3 killed 1 wounded[1] 8 captured (later released) |
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