Surkish
Surkish
Суркиш | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Surkish | |
| Coordinates: 42°55′N 21°13′E / 42.917°N 21.217°E | |
| Country |  Kosovo |
| District | Prishtinë |
| Municipality | Podujevë |
| Population (2024)[1] | |
• Total | 1,178 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1948 | 304 | — |
| 1953 | 352 | +15.8% |
| 1961 | 385 | +9.4% |
| 1971 | 445 | +15.6% |
| 1981 | 657 | +47.6% |
| 1991 | 757 | +15.2% |
| 2011 | 1,091 | +44.1% |
| 2024 | 1,178 | +8.0% |
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Surkish (Serbian: Суркиш) is a village in the municipality of Podujevo, Kosovo.
Surkish ambush
[edit]On 25 October 1996, Kosovo Liberation Army insurgents armed with automatic weapons ambushed 2 Yugoslav police officers in Surkish, near Podujevo. The ambush resulted in the instant death of 2 officers, Miloš Nikolić (34), a police inspector of the Pristina Precinct and Dragan Rakić from Velika Reka, a reserve police officer and a manager of a company in Podujevo. Nikolić was killed in front of his house.[2][3][4]
According to Avni Ajeti, one of the KLA soldiers that took part in the ambush, the operation was commanded by Zahir Pajaziti and Ilir Konushevci. The KLA had been tracking Nikolić who was known for being anti-Albanian, following him through his daily activities before killing him infront of his house.[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Popullsia sipas gjinisë, etnicitetit dhe vendbanimit" [Population by gender, ethnicity, and place of residence] (PDF) (in Albanian). Prishtinë: Kosovo Agency of Statistics. July 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) Cite error: The named reference "census" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page). - ^ "1996". opinionleaders.htmlplanet.com. Retrieved 2024-04-21.
- ^ "Shiptars terrorists should pay: IMPROVING SECURITY IN KOSOVO". groups.google.com. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
- ^ Milan, Pavlović (4 March 1998). "Chronology of the KLA's Terrorism:April 1996-February 1998". balkania.tripod.com.
- ^ "Zahir Pajaziti dha urdhër, kështu e vranë së bashku me Ilir Konushevcin, Millosh Nikoliqin në Surkish". llapi.info. 15 October 2022.
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