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Battle of Rogovo

Battle of Rogovo
Part of the Kosovo War
Date27-29 January 1999
Location
Rogovo
Result Yugoslav victory
Belligerents
 Yugoslavia Kosovo Liberation Army
Commanders and leaders
Serbia and Montenegro unknown Agron Rama (WIA)
Units involved
Yugoslav Armed Forces
 • MUP
Kosovo Liberation Army
Strength
Serbia and Montenegro 50 police officers around 30 soldiers
Casualties and losses
1 killed, 8 wounded police officer 19 soldiers killed (Yugoslav claim) [1]
3 soldiers killed (International monitors claim)[2]

The Battle of Rogovo was a military operation during the Kosovo War conducted by MUP against KLA on 29 January 1999 in Rogovo. It resulted in MUP victory.

Battle

On 28 January at 11:30 p.m., a large group of KLA soldiers encountered a police patrol near the village of Bistražin while crossing the Erenik river. In the exchange of fire, two police officers, Dragan Vukmanović and Goran Jović were wounded, and three KLA members were killed. After that, the police began searching for the terrorist group.

At 6:30 a.m. on 29 January, about a dozen police officers set out to Rugovo, on the Đakovica - Prizren road, to arrest KLA soldiers who had attacked the police the previous day. As they approached the house of Xhevdet Berisha, fire was opened, killing Predrag Raković (21).[3]  A clash ensued, in which the police eliminated the entire KLA group there.[4] The fighting resulted in the deaths of 19 KLA soldiers,[5] 1 killed and 8 wounded policemen MUP.[6][7][8]

After the conflict, the Serbian authorities invited observers from the verification mission, who had the opportunity to see what happened immediately after the conflict. Shortly after the conflict, a forensic group composed of Serbian and Belarusian forensic experts conducted an analysis of the bodies of the killed KLA soldiers.[9]

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