Kosovo genocide timeline

Beginning of Kosovo War

Mar 23, 1989

The Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic abolishes the province's autonomous status.

Kosovo assembly is dissolved

Mar 23, 1990

Serbia dissolves the Kosovo assembly.

People lose jobs

Mar 23, 1991

Tens of thousands of ethnic Albanians in Kosovo lose their jobs.

Battles start to break out

Mar 23, 1992

The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (S.F.R.Y.) breaks up. Wars break out in the former republics of Slovenia, Croatia, and Bosnia-Herzegovina

K.L.A. appears

Mar 23, 1996

the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) now appears on the scene in a visible way, claiming responsibility for a number of bombings and attacks against Serbian police and state officials.

K.L.A. confesses

Mar 23, 1997

The KLA claims responsibility for a further series of violent incidents, including bombings, attacks on police stations, and raids on refugee camps. Serb police crush Albanian student demonstrations in October.

Genocide starts

Mar 23, 1998

Many attacks are recorded through the year,many riots and battles between Serbian police and the KLA

Genocide gets serious

Mar 23, 1999

Many other attacks and battles break out between KLA and Serbian police all year

End of genocide

May 18, 1999

Genocide comes to a stop with a death toll of 4,239 casualties