Qyshk
Qyshk (in Albanian language, Albanian) or Ćuška ( sr-Cyrl, Ћушка) is a village near Peja, in western Kosovo. It is inhabited predominantly by ethnic Albanians. History In May 1999, during the Kosovo War, the Jackals (paramilitary), Jackals paramilitary unit Ćuška massacre, massacred civilians in the village. Members of this unit are now facing sentences. Notable people *Agim Çeku, Former Minister of Kosovo Security Force References External links Life in Kosovo: War Crimes
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Ćuška Massacre
The Ćuška massacre (, ) was the killing of 41 Kosovo Albanians, Kosovo Albanian civilians, all men aged 19 to 69, by Serbian security forces, the Yugoslav Army and paramilitaries on 14 May 1999 during the Kosovo War. On 13 March 2010, the Serbian war crimes prosecutor announced that nine men had been arrested for their role in the massacre and stated that a total of 26 men were under investigation for murder and theft at Ćuška. Background Ćuška is a village close to the city of Peja. The village had 200 houses and about 2,000 residents, predominantly Albanians. In the early morning of May 14, 1999, Serbian security forces descended on the small village of Ćuška. Once there the women and children were separated from the men, private property was systematically stolen, and identification papers were destroyed. The forces then divided the men into three groups of about ten and taken into three separate houses, where they were gunned down with automatic weapons. Each of the h ...
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