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'''Velika Kruša''' ({{lang-sq|Krushë e Madhe}}) is a village in the [[Orahovac]] municipality of western [[Kosovo]].{{small|{{efn|name=status}}}} With a population of around 7,000, it is the second largest village in Kosovo.<ref name="koha-net">[http://www.koha.net/arkiva/?page=1,3,102847 Krusha e Madhe themelon kooperativën bujqësore], Koha.NET - Arkivi. (n.d.).</ref> During the [[Kosovo War]], the village was a stronghold of the [[Kosovo Liberation Army]].<ref>{{cite web|website=BBC News|title=Case Study: Velika Krusa|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/inside_kosovo/velika_krusa.stm|accessdate=20 October 2019}}</ref> On 25 March 1999, it was the site of a massacre by the [[Army of Serbia and Montenegro|Yugoslav Army]] in which up to 105 Kosovo Albanian civilians were killed.<ref>{{cite web|website=BBC News|date=29 October 2001|title=Milosevic Indictment: Text|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/354561.stm|accessdate=20 October 2019}}</ref> |
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Velika Kruša (Albanian: Krushë e Madhe) is a village in the Orahovac municipality of western Kosovo.[a] With a population of around 7,000, it is the second largest village in Kosovo.[1] During the Kosovo War, the village was a stronghold of the Kosovo Liberation Army.[2] On 25 March 1999, it was the site of a massacre by the Yugoslav Army in which up to 105 Kosovo Albanian civilians were killed.[3]
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- ^ Krusha e Madhe themelon kooperativën bujqësore, Koha.NET - Arkivi. (n.d.).
- ^ "Case Study: Velika Krusa". BBC News. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
- ^ "Milosevic Indictment: Text". BBC News. 29 October 2001. Retrieved 20 October 2019.