{"id":33417,"date":"2022-03-25T09:18:17","date_gmt":"2022-03-25T08:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=33417"},"modified":"2022-03-25T09:18:17","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T08:18:17","slug":"23-years-from-the-krushe-e-madhe-massacre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/23-years-from-the-krushe-e-madhe-massacre\/","title":{"rendered":"23 years from the Krushe e Madhe Massacre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>23 years ago on this day, Serbian forces massacred 243 civilians and burned down 893 homes in what is known today as the Krushe e Madhe Massacre.<\/p>\n<p>The event marks one of the worst atrocities committed by Serbian forces during the Kosovo War, with many civilians still left unaccounted for.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_33419\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33419\" style=\"width: 769px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-33419\" src=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Krushe-e-madhe-933x445-770x445-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"769\" height=\"434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Krushe-e-madhe-933x445-770x445-1.jpg 769w, https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Krushe-e-madhe-933x445-770x445-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Krushe-e-madhe-933x445-770x445-1-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Krushe-e-madhe-933x445-770x445-1-696x393.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 769px) 100vw, 769px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-33419\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Krushe e Madhe Wall Memorial honoring the war fallen \/ Credit Lapsi AL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Krusha Massacre was part of the indictment against former Serbian president Slobodan Milosevic, and some of his accomplices.<\/p>\n<p>However, to this day no one has been charged in connection to the massacre in the village of Krushe e Madhe.<\/p>\n<p>The day also serves to commemorate the martyrs that fell in the villages Fortese, Brestoc, and Celine in the municipality of Rahovec.<\/p>\n<p>In 1999, Serbian forces killed 69 people in Fortese, 54 in Brestoc and 75 in Celine.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kosovo\/2022\/01\/15\/23-years-from-the-racak-massacre-authorities-pay-tribute-to-45-victims\/\">23 years from the Racak Massacre, leaders pay tribute to the victims<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/video\/225splar\/2021\/12\/10\/eu-recak-massacre-cant-be-denied\/\">EU: Racak massacre can\u2019t be denied, atrocities are well documented<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kosovo\/2021\/09\/30\/human-remains-from-rezalla-massacre-return-to-kosovo\/\">Human remains from Rezalla massacre returned to Kosovo<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>23 years ago on this day, Serbian forces massacred 243 civilians and burned down 893 homes in what is known today as the Krushe e Madhe Massacre. The event marks one of the worst atrocities committed by Serbian forces during the Kosovo War, with many civilians still left unaccounted for. 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