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  Ethnic Cleansing in Kosovo: An Accounting
   U.S. State Department Report • December 1999

Executive Summary
Introduction
Overview
Documenting the Abuses

The Refugee Interview Process
Postscript: Albanian Retribution and Missing Persons
Atrocities and War Crimes by Location
Appendix: List of Annotated Web Sites

Atrocities and Ware Crimes by Location

The following is a list of atrocity incidents reported throughout Kosovo since late March 1999:

A-B   ||   C-D   ||   E-H   ||   I-J   ||   K-L   ||   M-N   ||   O-P   ||   Q-R   ||   S-T   ||   U-V   ||   W-Z

Place Name         KFOR Sector
Qellopek        Italian
According to ICTY information on November 10, 1999, a site investigation was completed and has confirmed finding four bodies at Qellopek.

Quirez        Location Uncertain
An alleged mass grave consisting of bodies reported to be bulldozed and partially covered, as well as some bodies in a well, has been reported to KFOR for Quirez on 22 June 1999.

Racak        U.K.
An alleged mass grave containing the bodies of 43 civilians has been reported to KFOR for this site on 27 June 1999. It is unclear if the report refers to the mass killing of 15 January 1999 in which over 40 bodies were found near this village.

Radavac        Italian
The ICTY has completed a site investigation and has confirmed a mass grave containing three bodies at Radavac. According to earlier refugee reports, Serbian forces buried 27 Kosovar Albanians in a mass grave near Radavac on 20 May. It remains uncertain at this time if this is the same site or a different site.

Rahovac        German
A mass grave/exposed bodies site of unknown size and contents has been reported for Rahovac.

Rahovica        U.S.
According to ICTY information on November 10, 1999, a site investigation was completed and has confirmed finding one body at Rahovica.

Raka        U.S.
On 27 June 1999, KFOR identified a mass grave containing two bodies, a man and a woman aged 50-60 years, located 400 meters south of the village. According to earlier refugee reports, Serbian forces reportedly executed two Kosovar Albanians on 13 April, probably the same victims identified by KFOR.

Mass Burial Site

Mass Burial Site, Rakos, 6 June 1999.
A site investigation was completed at one of three mass grave sites in Rakos and confirmed finding 97 bodies at one of the sites. One body has been reported at the second site and ten bodies at the third site.

Rakos        Italian
A site investigation was completed at one of three mass grave/exposed bodies sites in Rakos and the ICTY has confirmed finding 97 bodies at the completed investigation site. One body has been reported at the second site and ten bodies at the third site.

According to an 13 August 1999 Agence-France Press (AFP) report, UN experts exhumed a site near Rakos that contained 97 graves believed to be persons imprisoned in Dubrava Prison. The dates of the deaths were believed to be 25 to 27 May, shortly after NATO bombed the Dubrava Prison. According to a survivor, 19 people were killed in the NATO bombing, after which paramilitary forces came and killed an additional 130 people.

Ramoc        Italian
A mass grave/exposed bodies site containing one body has been reported for Ramoc.

Ranca        U.K.
A mass grave/exposed bodies site containing 13 bodies has been reported for Ranca.

Randubrava        German
A mass grave/exposed bodies site containing 18 bodies has been reported for Randubrava.

Rekaj Mahala        U.S.
A mass grave/exposed bodies site of unknown size and contents has been reported for Rekaj Mahala.

Reshtanit        German
A mass grave/exposed bodies site containing eight bodies has been reported for Reshtanit.

Resnik        French
An alleged mass grave of unknown size and contents has been reported to KFOR for Resnik on 22 June 1999. However, a mass grave/exposed bodies site containing nine bodies has been reported by another international source for Resnik. According to earlier refugee reports, Serbian forces executed nine Kosovar Albanians here on 29 March.

Rez        German
A mass grave/exposed bodies site of unknown size and contents has been reported for Rez.

Rezala        French
Based on reporting prior to KFOR's entry into Kosovo, Serbian forces reportedly burned this village in Srbica Municipality, south of Srbica, on 30 March. According to Kosovar Albanian refugees, Serbian forces killed at least 80 civilians on 5 April. On 14 April, Kosovar Albanians reportedly discovered a mass grave containing 70 bodies.

Subsequent KFOR alleged mass grave reporting included reports that 150 bodies may have been exhumed by Serbians before their departure. On July 13, 1999, KFOR identified a possible mass grave containing up to 80 bodies. A mass grave/exposed bodies site containing 72 bodies has been reported by another international source for this site.

Rezala        French
A mass grave/exposed bodies site containing 80 bodies has been reported for Rezala in the Zubin Potok Municipality.

Rogovo        Italian
The ICTY completed a site investigation and confirmed finding one body at Rogovo. According to earlier reports, Serbian forces reportedly executed at least 50 Kosovar Albanians. The difference in number warrants further investigation.

Rudnik        French
On 20 June 1999, KFOR identified a possible mass grave of unknown size and contents at Rudnik. A mass grave/ exposed bodies site of unknown size and contents has been reported by another international source for Rudnik.

Rugovo        Italian
[Rygova (Canyon)]
A site investigation was completed and has confirmed finding one body at Rugovo. According to earlier reports, Serbian forces reportedly executed at least fifty Kosovar Albanians. It remains uncertain at this time if the one body is related to the reported 50 execution victims, or if this site is confused with the Rogovo site.

Ruhot        Italian
According to ICTY information on November 10, 1999, a site investigation was completed and has confirmed finding 14 bodies at Ruhot.

Runjevo        U.S.
An international organization reports seven bodies for Runjevo resulting from events on 9 April 1999.

Rznic        Italian
A mass grave/exposed bodies site containing two bodies has been reported for Rznic.

 

   
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