At around 02:00 on the morning of Monday, December 14, 1998, 140 KLA militants[13][14] tried to illegally cross the Albanian–Yugoslav border[15] between the outposts of Gorožup and Liken, about 70 kilometres (43 mi) west of Pristina.[16] They were coming from a base inside Albania, where they had been training.[17][18] The subsequent ambush occurred near the village of Kušnin, just west of Prizren.[19] The militants had been trying to illegally smuggle weapons, ammunition and supplies to be used by KLA fighters in Kosovo. A member of the KVM told reporters that the militants encountered a Yugoslav sentry post and were attacked by the guards. One of the militants was killed instantly and the column started retreating.