Mušutište ( sr-cyr, Мушутиште, sq, Mushtishtë) is a village in the
Suva Reka
Suhareka (also known as Suharekë and Therandë in Albanian) оr Suva Reka ( sr-Cyrl, Сува Река) is a town and municipality located in the Prizren district of central-southern Kosovo. According to the 2011 census, the town has 10,422 inh ...
municipality in
Kosovo. It is located to the west of the
Nerodimka mountain. It has 10 medieval
Serbian Orthodox churches, including the notable
Church of Virgin Hodegetria, which was destroyed in 1999.
It has an Albanian majority, and Serbian minority; according to the 1991 census, it had 5016 inhabitants.
History
It was first mentioned in a Serbian charter dating to 1315. In a charter of Emperor
Stephen Uroš IV Dušan
Stephen or Steven is a common English first name. It is particularly significant to Christians, as it belonged to Saint Stephen ( grc-gre, Στέφανος ), an early disciple and deacon who, according to the Book of Acts, was stoned to death; h ...
, dating to 1348, Mušutište, along with the churches of
Virgin Hodegetria
A Hodegetria , ; russian: Одиги́трия, Odigítria ; Romanian: Hodighitria, or Virgin Hodegetria, is an iconographic depiction of the Theotokos (Virgin Mary) holding the Child Jesus at her side while pointing to him as the source of salv ...
and
St. Symeon (Sv. Simeona), were granted (''
metochion'') to the
Saint Archangels Monastery
The Monastery of the Holy Archangels ( sr, Манастир Светих Архангела, Manastir Svetih Arhangela; al, Manastiri i Arkangjelit të Shenjtë) is a Serbian Orthodox monastery located in Prizren, Kosovo. The monastery was foun ...
in
Prizren
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.
The mass abduction in Mušutište was a
war crime against the Serb civilian population in Mušutište.
The abduction occurred on 12 June 1999, when Albanian soldiers attacked Mušutište and kidnapped 18 Serb civilians.
According to Human Rights Watch, among the victims were twelve men, five women and one five-year-old girl.
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References
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Villages in Suva Reka