Hamëz Jashari

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Hamëz Jashari monument in Srbica

Hamëz Jashari was a Kosovo Albanian combatant and brother of Adem Jashari. He was also a commander of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA). He accompanied his brother Adem during the Kosovo War, in 1998.

On 30 December, 1991, when the brothers were at home in Prekaz, the Serbian police surrounded them in attempt to have them arrested. The two brothers managed to escape free and unharmed.

Later, Adem and Hamëz Jashari participated in several attacks against the Yugoslav Police, that killed a dozen ethnic-Serbs.

Finally, on 5 March, 1998, Prekaz was surrounded by Yugoslav police officers. Adem and Hamëz Jashari and approximately sixty members of their family, were killed by the Yugoslav police, one sole survivor was Hamëz' 11 year old daughter, Besarta.

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