Zahir Pajaziti
Zahir Pajaziti | |
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 Statue of Pajaziti in Pristina | |
| Born | 1 November 1962 |
| Died | 1997 |
| Awards | Hero of Kosovo |
Zahir Pajaziti (born Podujevo, FPR Yugoslavia in 1962, died in Vučitrn, FR Yugoslavia[1] in 1997) was a commander of the Kosovo Liberation Army.
History
In 2008, the president of Kosovo, Fatmir Sejdiu, declared Pajaziti a Hero of Kosovo.[2]
After the breakup of Yugoslavia in 1992, he remained in Kosovo while warfare raged in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. In 1997, he joined the Kosovo Liberation Army. Later that year, he was killed in a gunfight in Vučitrn with the Yugoslav army.
He is commemorated by a statue in Pristina.