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Attack on Lipjan
Part of the Kosovo War
Date 24 March 1999 Location Lipjan and surroundings, FR Yugoslavia (present-day Kosovo) Result Yugoslav victory Ismet Asllani killed
Belligerents
FR Yugoslavia	Kosovo Liberation Army
Commanders and leaders
Goran Radosavljević Sreten Lukić Milorad Ulemek	Ismet Asllani †
Units involved
Yugoslav Army Serbian police Special Operations Unit	Kosovo Liberation Army
Strength
N/A	N/A
Casualties and losses
Unknown	At least 1 killed

The Attack on Lipjan was a military engagement in Lipjan and its surroundings, in Serbia and Montenegro (present-day Kosovo). During the attack, Commander Ismet Asllani was killed in action.

Background

During the most difficult times of the Yugoslav regime, the Asllani family fed the Kosovo Liberation Army as well as a large part of the Kosovo-Albanian population with food. Asllani supported financially knowledge and education system in Kosovo by awarding scholarships to hundreds of Albanian students to educate in western universities.

Attack

On March 24, 1999, when NATO started bombing Yugoslavia, Ismet Asllani was shot in the village of Konjuh after a highly planned action by the Serbian forces.

Aftermath

Two of Asllani's brothers were also killed by Serbian forces approximately a month later, on April 19, 1999.

Due to the occupation of the Albanian schools in Kosovo by Serbian forces, Ismet Asllani's house, which is located close to the center of Prishtina became an important place and service for the students of the faculty of medicine.