Ambush near Kosovska Mitrovica
| Ambush near Mitrovica | |||||||
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| Part of the Kosovo War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Kosovo Liberation Army | Federal Republic of Yugoslavia | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
| 141st Brigade “Mehë Uka” | Yugoslav Army | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| unknown |
3 killed 1 wounded 8 captured (later released) | ||||||
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The Ambush near Mitrovica (Serbian: Zaseda kod Kosovske Mitrovice; Albanian: Prita afër Mitrovicës) was an incident that occurred on 8 January 1999, when members of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) ambushed a Yugoslav Interior Ministry convoy carrying rations to troops stationed in a field near Mitrovica. Later that evening, two columns of Yugoslav troops, accompanied with at least fifty tanks, set off in the direction of Mitrovica. The Yugoslav troops told journalists that they were heading toward the area where the captive troops were thought to be held.