In 1997 the Kosovo Liberation Army was formed so Milosevic started a brutal campaign against it in 1998 . For such reason NATO started Military campaign so it could protect the civilian population from Milosevic . In March 1999 the scorpions killed 14 Albanian civilians . After the war , the process of establishing Municipal Assembly began in 2002 . Later in 17 of February 2008 Kosovo declared its independence . During the Kosovo War ( 1998-1999 ) , the town was the site of the Podujevo massacre , on March 28 , in which 14 Kosovo Albanian women and children were executed by Serbian paramilitary forces
Podujevo massacre
Podujevo massacre
Podujevo