Attacks on Likoshane and Çirez

Attacks on Likoshane and Çirez
	Part of the Kosovo War
Date	Battle: 28 February 1998; Massacres: 1 – 7 March 1998
Location	Likoshan and Qirez, AP Kosovo, FR Yugoslavia; (present-day Likoshan and Qirez, Kosovo)
Result	KLA success in ambushing unit in likoshan Yugoslav victory
Belligerents
Serbian police	Kosovo Liberation Army
Commanders and leaders
Goran Radosavljević	Adem Jashari
Strength
30 APC's; 20 helicopters	Unknown
Casualties and losses
4 policemen killed; 2 seriously wounded	16 killed
	26 Albanian civilians killed

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The Attacks on Likoshan and Qirez (Albanian: Sulmet në Likoshan dhe Qirez, Serbian: Napadi na Likošane i Ćirez) were large-scale police attacks that took place at the onset of the Kosovo War in the villages of Likoshan and Qirez.

On 28 February 1998, the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) ambushed a unit of the Serbian police near Likoshan, killing four and seriously wounding two policemen. This prompted large-scale police operations in the villages of Likoshan and Qirez in the following day, leading to the killing of 4 KLA members and 26 Kosovo Albanian civilians in both villages. The attack on Likoshan and Qirez was followed by the Attack on Prekaz on the following days. The attacks on Likoshan and Qirez, as well as Prekaz, marked the beginning of the Kosovo War.

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