During the battle one UÇPMB insurgent and one Serb policeman were killed, while two Serb policemen were wounded.[4] During the fighting, 175 civilians were displaced from the village and fled to neighboring
Kosovo.[2]
Background
The
UÇPMB was created on January 26, 2000. On that day, Serbian police officers invaded the predominantly Albanian village of Dobrosin on the border with Kosovo. The village was part of the "demilitarized zone" following the
Kosovo War and
Kumanovo Agreement in 1999. After a firefight between the Serbian police and Albanian residents, two Albanian brothers were killed. Since then, uniformed
LAPMB started to appear in the village.[5]