Attack on Orahovac

Attack on Orahovac
	Part of the Kosovo War
Date	17–20 July 1998; (3 days)
Location	Orahovac, Kosovo, FR Yugoslavia
Result	Yugoslav victory
Belligerents
Kosovo Liberation Army	FR Yugoslavia
Commanders and leaders
Agim Çela †	Božidar Delić ; Stojan Konjikovac ; Veljko Radenović
Units involved
"Black Eagles" Unit “121 Kumanovo” Brigade;	Prizren SUP
Strength
Unknown	500
Casualties and losses
56 KLA killed	2 Yugoslav police killed
	Aftermaths of the battle consisted of 50+ executions of Albanian civilians, 5 Serb civilian deaths and 110 abductions of Serb civilians in which 40 got killed.

The attack on Orahovac was a 3-day long clash Between 17 and 20 July 1998 and was fought between the forces of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) and the FR Yugoslavia. The KLA surrounded Serb villages intending to assert authority for the Kosovo Albanian provisional government through taking over a town and creating a corridor between KLA hotbed in Drenica and the Albanian border region. 8 KLA fighters and two Yugoslav police officers were killed, as well as five Serb civilians during the attack, while 85 Serb civilians were abducted by the KLA, 40 of whom are presumed to have been murdered. During the takeover of the town by Serbian special police, 50+ Albanians civilians were executed.

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