Battle of Lođa

The Battle of Lođa (Serbian: Boj na Lođi, Serbian Cyrillic: Бој на лођи, Albanian: Beteja e Loxhës) was a battle between the Yugoslav Army against the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) and Armed Forces of the Republic of Kosova (FARK),[2] an operation launched to counterattack the Albanian rebels after two Yugoslav policemen patrolling the area had been killed.[3] The four-week offensive[1] ended in a Yugoslav victory.[3] All of village's 284 houses and mosque were destroyed by Serbian Police with bulldozers.[4]

Battle of Lođa
Part of the Kosovo War
Date6 July – 17 August 1998
(1 month, 1 week and 4 days)
Location
Lođa, near Peja, FR Yugoslavia
Result Yugoslav victory
Belligerents
KLA
FARK		 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Commanders and leaders
Tahir Zemaj
Sali Çekaj		 Nebojša Pavković
Casualties and losses
none unknown
2 civilians killed, 25 wounded[1]

References
  1. "Refugees In Kosovo Are in Peril". The New York Times. 17 August 1998. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
  2. "Kosovo PM: Solve Post-War Political Murders".
  3. "Serbia: Kosovo fighting dies out after rebel loss | ReliefWeb". Reliefweb.int. 1998-08-17. Retrieved 2012-01-21.
  4. Human Rights Watch (Organization) (2001). Under Orders: War Crimes in Kosovo. Human Rights Watch. pp. 542–. ISBN 978-1-56432-264-7.

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