The large-scale attack that Serbia had undertaken in Drenica to eliminate the Kosovo Liberation Army was concentrated in Prekaz, in the heart and head of the KLA, surrounding it.

What would happen in early March 1998 will be a living testimony to the civilized world and its political and diplomatic leaders. Indeed, this event, so direct and so powerful in terms of its unique dimensions of sacrifice, resistance, and massacre, will raise the issue of Kosovo at the top of the world agenda. Thus, on the night of 4 and 5 March 1998, Prekaz was surrounded by numerous military and police forces...