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The '''Prizren Incident''', also known among German troops as '''"Bloody Sunday"''',<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-15613835.html|title=BUNDESWEHR : "Der Kampf, das ist das Äußerste"|last=Koelbl|first=Susanne|date=7 February 2000|website=www.spiegel.de|access-date=2020-04-18}}</ref> was a confrontation between German [[Kosovo Force]] (KFOR) troops advancing into Kosovo and stragglersattack from the [[Military of Serbia and Montenegro|Yugoslav Army]]. The shootout took place in the city of [[Prizren]], on 13 June 1999. The German troops killed one armed Serb on the spot, while another one died of wounds later. A German soldier was injured by return fire, and there were reports of a woman wounded by Serb snipers.<ref name="snp" />
 
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