Čaglavica
Encyclopedia
Čaglavica is a village
and Serb enclave near Pristina
, Kosovo
.
Most of the village is in the southern Pristina municipality, a minor part is located in Gračanica
. It is located north of Laplje Selo
.
In the 2004 unrest in Kosovo
, on 15 March 2004 a drive-by shooting
of an 18-year-old Serb, Jovica Ivić, in the village prompted a major protest from local Serbs who staged demonstrations and blocked traffic.
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
and Serb enclave near Pristina
Pristina
Pristina, also spelled Prishtina and Priština is the capital and largest city of Kosovo. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous municipality and district....
, Kosovo
Kosovo
Kosovo is a region in southeastern Europe. Part of the Ottoman Empire for more than five centuries, later the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija within Serbia...
.
Most of the village is in the southern Pristina municipality, a minor part is located in Gračanica
Gracanica, Kosovo
Gračanica is a town and municipality in central Kosovo, and a Serb enclave centered around the Gračanica monastery, located ten kilometers away from Pristina...
. It is located north of Laplje Selo
Laplje Selo
Laplje Selo is a village/settlement in the Gračanica municipality of Kosovo, Serbia. Laplje Selo was part of the Pristina municipality before the Gracanica municipality was created....
.
In the 2004 unrest in Kosovo
2004 unrest in Kosovo
Violent unrest in Kosovo, which at the time was under United Nations administration, broke out on 17 March 2004. Kosovo Albanians, numbering over 50,000, took part in widescale attacks on the Serbian people, compared by the then Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Koštunica to ethnic cleansing but not...
, on 15 March 2004 a drive-by shooting
Drive-by shooting
A drive-by shooting is a form of hit-and-run tactic, a personal attack carried out by an individual or individuals from a moving or momentarily stopped vehicle without use of headlights to avoid being noticed. It often results in bystanders being shot instead of, or as well as, the intended target...
of an 18-year-old Serb, Jovica Ivić, in the village prompted a major protest from local Serbs who staged demonstrations and blocked traffic.