December 3, 1998, Albanian–Yugoslav border clash
| 3 December 1998 Albanian–Yugoslav border clash | |||||||
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| Part of the Kosovo War | |||||||
A section of the Albanian–Yugoslav border, 2001 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Kosovo Liberation Army | FR Yugoslavia | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Skënder Hameli † Muhamet Malësori † Hysni Duraku † Sedat Hyda † Sinan Hoti † | unknown | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 9 militants | Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 8 killed | None | ||||||
On 3 December 1998 a Yugoslav border patrol was attacked by a group of nine Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) attempting to illegally cross the border between Albania and Yugoslavia. Eight militants were killed in the ensuing exchange, while the border patrol suffered no casualties. This was the most serious armed incident in Kosovo since a truce between the KLA and the Yugoslav security forces had taken effect that October.