Dashinoc ( sr-cyr, Дашиновац; sq, Dashinoc) is a village in the Deçan Municipality in western Kosovo.

History

Throughout 1998, the village and surrounding area was the scene of fighting between the

Kosovo Liberation Army The Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA; , UÇK) was an ethnic Albanian separatist militia that sought the separation of Kosovo, the vast majority of which is inhabited by Albanians, from the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) and Serbia during the ...

(KLA) and Yugoslav security forces during the

Kosovo War The Kosovo War was an armed conflict in Kosovo that started 28 February 1998 and lasted until 11 June 1999. It was fought by the forces of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (i.e. Serbia and Montenegro), which controlled Kosovo before the war ...

. From March 1998, the KLA mounted a campaign to capture the village of Dashinoc and the surrounding area with the intent of driving out local Serbs. On 22 April 1998, Dashinoc was captured by the KLA with many of the local Serbs fleeing amid reports of unexplained disappearances. Three Serbs remained in the village and on 16 September 1998, their bodies were discovered at Lake Radonjić, murdered as part of the

Lake Radonjić massacre The Lake Radonjić massacre or the Massacre at Lake Radonjić ( sr, Масакр на Радоњићком језеру, sq, Masakra e Liqenit të Radoniqit) refers to the mass murder of at least 34 Kosovo Serb and Kosovo Albanian civilians ne ...

Demographics

The village is exclusively inhabited by

Albanians The Albanians (; sq, Shqiptarët ) are an ethnic group and nation native to the Balkan Peninsula who share a common Albanian ancestry, culture, history and language. They primarily live in Albania, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Se ...

.2011 Kosovo Census results
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Notes and references

Notes: References: Villages in Deçan {{Kosovo-geo-stub