[1][2] In 1999, the church was burnt down in what appeared to "be a well-planned action, conducted by criminal elements" after Kosovo Force (KFOR) patrols changed shifts.

[4] In 2003, UNMIK made a request of the Diocese of Raška and Prizren to evacuate movable church inventory, as an attack seemed inevitable.

[5] Plescher stated that the Albanian attackers had dug up coffins from the nearby Serbian cemetery and scattered the bones of the dead.

[5] St. Andrew was shelled, a bell tower completely destroyed with explosives and the wall that surrounded the church was demolished.

[7] The bell was a gift from Yugoslav King Alexander I Karađorđević to the Podujevë Church in 1932, two years prior to his assassination in Marseilles.