Dashinoc Explained

Dashinoc
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Kosovo
Pushpin Label Position:top
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Kosovo
Coordinates:42.5361°N 20.3981°W
Subdivision Type:Location
Subdivision Type1:District
Subdivision Name1:Peja
Subdivision Name2:Deçan
Population Total:299
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population As Of:2011
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2

Dashinoc (Serbian: Дашиновац; Albanian: Dashinoc) is a village in the Deçan Municipality in western Kosovo.

History

Throughout 1998, the village and surrounding area was the scene of fighting between the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) and Yugoslav security forces during the Kosovo War.[2] From March 1998, the KLA mounted a campaign to capture the village of Dashinoc and the surrounding area with the intent of driving out local Serbs.[2] On 22 April 1998, Dashinoc was captured by the KLA with many of the local Serbs fleeing amid reports of unexplained disappearances.[3] Three Serbs remained in the village and on 16 September 1998, their bodies were discovered at Lake Radonjić, murdered as part of the Lake Radonjić massacre.[4]

Demographics

The village is exclusively inhabited by Albanians.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ethnic composition of Kosovo 2011. pop-stat.mashke.org.
  2. Web site: The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia . Hague Justice Portal . 11 October 2022.
  3. Book: The Kosovo Report - Conflict, International Response, Lessons Learned . Oxford University Press . 9780199243099 . 72.
  4. Book: Abrahams . Fred . Andersen . Elizabeth . McClintock . Michael . Humanitarian law violations in Kosovo . 1998 . Human Rights Watch . United States of America . 9781564321947 . 83.