Mušutište


Mušutište is a village in the Suva Reka municipality in Kosovo. It is located to the west of the Nerodimka mountain. It has 10 medieval Serbian Orthodox churches, including the notable Church of Virgin Hodegetria, which was destroyed in 1999.
It has an Albanian majority, and Serbian minority; according to the 1991 census, it had 5016 inhabitants.

History

It was first mentioned in a Serbian charter dating to 1315. In a charter of Emperor Stephen Uroš IV Dušan, dating to 1348, Mušutište, along with the churches of Virgin Hodegetria and St. Symeon, were granted to the Saint Archangels Monastery in Prizren.
The mass abduction in Mušutište was a war crime against the Serb civilian population in Mušutište. The abduction occurred on 12 June 1999, when Albanian soldiers attacked Mušutište and kidnapped eighteen Serb civilians. According to Human Rights Watch, among the victims were twelve men, five women and one five-year-old girl.
Ethnic group194819531961197119811991
Albanians2980
Serbs1173
Others2
Total234625412816330741555016