Kosovo Forces fatalities

Kosovo Forces fatalities

Since the Kosovo Force (KFOR) entered Kosovo in June 1999, following the Kosovo War to stabilize the province of Serbia, 165 KFOR soldiers from various nations have been killed, mostly in accidents. [http://www.spacewar.com/2004/041019134332.plak2o1d.html British soldier killed in a car accident in Kosovo ] ] The dead include: 42 Slovak, 39 Unidentified, 18 American, 13 German, 12 Russian, 8 British, 6 Italian, 5 French, 5 Polish, 3 Spanish, 3 Ukrainian, 2 Turkish, 1 Austrian, 1 Danish, 1 Dutch, 1 Greek, 1 Norwegian, 1 Romanian, 1 Swedish, 1 Swiss and 1 United Arab Emirates soldier.

List of KFOR fatalities

Three unidentified RUSn soldiers were shot and killed in 2001.
An unidentified soldier from TUR was killed by a land mine explosion in 2003.
42 SVKn soldiers died when their military plane crashed in Hungary while returning them from Kosovo to Slovakia on January 20, 2006. [ [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/01/19/world/main1223269.shtml Plane Crash In Hungary, At Least 42 Dead, 1 Survivor, In Crash Of Slovak Military Troops Jet - CBS News ] ]
Another 39 NATO soldiers of unknown nationalities were killed. This includes: 3 in traffic accidents and 1 in an unexploded ordnance explosion in 1999, 1 in a traffic accident in 2000, 1 in a riot between Serbs and Albanians in Kosovska Mitrovica in 2001, 1 in a traffic accident in Skopje in FYR Macedonia in 2002, 3 in various accidents and 1 in a land mine explosion in 2002 and 1 in a traffic accident in 2007. [ [http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/04/24/europe/EU-GEN-Kosovo-NATO.php One NATO soldier killed, another injured in a road accident in Kosovo - International Herald Tribune ] ]

List of UNMIK police fatalities

Seven UNMIK police officers have been killed in Kosovo since 1999, in addition to the KFOR fatalities. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7300015.stm BBC NEWS | Europe | UN officer dies after Kosovo riot ] ] The dead include: 2 American, 1 Indian, 1 Jordanian, 1 Nigerian, 1 Ghanaian and 1 Ukranian police officer.

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