Plocica—Scorched Earth (Part I)

An elderly ethnic Albanian woman stands in front of her home, reportedly destroyed by Yugoslav forces in Plocica, Kosovo.


Burned hay stacks in Plocica, Kosovo. Human Rights Watch found widespread evidence of the systematic destruction of food supplies, fodder, and livestock, reportedly by Yugoslav forces.


An empty box of mortars reportedly used by Yugoslav forces to shell villages in the Drenica region of Kosovo. Marks left by the mortars in the ground suggest that they had been pointed toward the forest where civilians had fled.


A destroyed compound in Plocica, Kosovo. Yugoslav forces have shelled dozens of homes in the region.

©Human Rights Watch 1999

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