Mejë
Mejë is one of the largest villages in the District of Gjakova, Kosovo.
Mejë
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Village | |
  Mejë | |
| Coordinates: 42.374537°N 20.400053°E | |
| Location |  Kosovo[lower-alpha 1] |
| District | Gjakovë |
| Municipality | Gjakovë |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Total | 4,888 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (Central European Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Meja massacre
It was the site where the Meja massacre took place on 27 April 1999 during the Kosovo War, a mass execution of 372 Kosovo Albanian civilians committed by Serbian police and Yugoslav Army forces as an act of retaliation for the killing of six Serbian policemen by the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA). The men were pulled from refugee convoys at a checkpoint in Meja and their families were ordered to proceed to Albania. Men and boys were separated and then executed by the road.[2] The massacre is considered to have been the largest of the war.[3]
Notes and references
Notes
- The political status of Kosovo is disputed. Having unilaterally declared independence from Serbia in 2008, Kosovo is formally recognised as a sovereign state by 101 UN member states (with another 13 states recognising it at some point but then withdrawing their recognition) and 92 states not recognizing it, while Serbia continues to claim it as a part of its own territory.
References
- 2011 Kosovo Census results
- Ball, Howard (2002). War Crimes and Justice: A Reference Handbook. ABC-CLIO. pp. 197–. ISBN 9781576078990. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
- Jones, Adam (2006). Genocide: A Comprehensive Introduction. Routledge. p. 330. ISBN 9781134259809. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
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