Serbian war crimes in Gostivari in 1913.

The crimes of komitadjis Mihajl Brodi and Stanku Dimitru against Albanians in Banicë, Gostivari and Kirçova in 1913

Written originally by Qerim Lita.

Even the Albanian population of Kîrçova did not escape the Serbian and Bulgarian atrocities and barbarism. In the spring of 1913, some groups of Serbian and Bulgarian Komitas and Chetniks led by Mihalj Brodi and Stanku Dimitru, after surrounding the city – took all the Albanian men and sent them to three designated places as slaughterhouses (dajakhane).”

“With the end of the First Balkan War and the occupation of 2/3 of the Albanian lands by the armies of the Slavic-Orthodox alliance, namely the Serbo-Montenegrin and Bulgarian and Greek one, a wild and violent campaign began in Kosovo and the eastern territories against vulnerable Albanian population. The newspaper “Perlindja e Shqipënies”, in one of its issues, wrote that the prisons of Kosovo were filled with Albanians, who were tortured worse than during the inquisition.”

“The governor of Skopje, the newspaper wrote, Ceroniçi, a wild barbarian, has struck terror into Albanians and Bulgarians. He calls them to the Government and tells them that he will cut off their legs and heads if they do not become Serbs. All this is done in Montenegro”.

“In the Babaj Boka village of Gjakova, during 1912, the Serbian army burned 64 houses and confiscated all the property of the villagers, including cattle, and killed 9 men, 2 women, while 10 children were burned alive. This ugly crime came after previously some residents of this village, led by Jan Salihu, had killed 5-6 soldiers of a patrol of the Serbian army, which had tried to enter the village with the aim of looting their property.”

Serbian war crimes in Banicë 1913
Serbian war crimes in Banicë 1913

“Even the Albanian population of Kîrçova did not escape the Serbian and Bulgarian atrocities and barbarism. In the spring of 1913, some groups of Serbian and Bulgarian komitadjis and Chetniks led by Mihalj Brodi and Stanku Dimitru, after surrounding the city – took all the Albanian men and sent them to three designated places as slaughterhouses.”

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