Norwegian and Swedish peacekeepers from KFOR created a blockade by using tear gas, rubber bullets, and stun grenades, in order to keep the two groups apart.

A truck was driven by a Kosovo Albanian at full speed towards the barricade in an attempt to penetrate the line.

[2] Another KFOR unit consisting of mostly Swedish soldiers also participated in defending Čaglavica that day, supported by people from the barracks who normally worked with non-military tasks.

Lieutenant Colonel Hans Håkansson, who commanded 700 people during the unrest, reported that the fighting went on for 11 hours, and that many collapsed due to dehydration and broken limbs while struggling to fend off waves of rioters.

[3] Hans Håkansson was awarded with a medal for his actions by the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences in 2005.