Authored by Petrit Latifi

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“Dibra District

In Klosse, Serbian gangs bayoneted Ahmet Ali and his brother, Nezir Suleiman, and Mehmet Salih. The entire village was sacked.
In Tari Kartla, in broad daylight and in front of all the inhabitants gathered for this purpose, Eumer Halil, Osman Chira, Kerim Zeinel, Ismail Alush, and Sul Hodja (a Muslim priest) were bayoneted and reduced to shapeless corpses. Their houses were burned after being looted.

In Pilat, house searches were carried out under the pretext of searching for clandestine weapons depots; many houses were ransacked; Hassan Pata’s house was burned and its owner’s throat cut in front of his elderly mother, wife, and children. In Kraitsa, the house of Muharren Dervish was burned after being ransacked.

In Sergheu, all the houses previously ransacked were burned.
In Sopot, the village was completely ransacked and looted;
many houses were burned; all the livestock was stolen, and Ali Kamber, along with his servant, Hamza Dicha, and Salich Selim, were bayoneted to death

In Dibra (city), a few hours before the Malissor assault, the prefect and the military commander of the place arrested eighteen notables, who, without any form of trial, were executed: Ramis Karanfil, Sheikh Hussein, Numan Hassan, and Savfet Bey; The others were only saved thanks to the Malissores who, in the meantime, entered the city, which the Serbian army had to hastily evacuate.

Upon their return to Dibra, the Serbs sacked the entire city and took away more than a million Turkish lira worth of loot. Many homes were burned, including those of Ali Bey, Rakip Kiatib, and Kourtiche Aga. The Serbs also massacred, with unprecedented cruelty, many people who had remained peacefully at home and had taken no part in the insurrection.

Among those massacred were the following: Kourtiche Aga, Behdjet Eliendi, Hadji Suréya Eiiendi, Réchit Etlendi Kussari, and Saadullah Shtrasimir. Currently, the town of Dibra is almost deserted, as the inhabitants have fled to the mountains. In the town itself, barely two or three hundred individuals of both sexes remain.

In Ghuritsa, the day after the officer delegated by the Austrian government arrived to verify the Serb evacuation of the territory, the Serbs reappeared at the entrance to the village and killed a woman and a five-year-old child; they also wounded another woman.
In Homèche, of the 150 houses in the village, only three remain; all the others were burned after being ransacked.

After the surrender, the Serbs massacred Mussa Ismail, Shemcheddin Bairam, and Ilalit Suleiman, who had returned to the village after the amnesty. In addition, they took 1,000 sheep, 150 oxen, and 40 horses the first time; the second time, they took 50 sheep, 9 oxen, and 9 horses.

In Chonpeutsé, after looting the houses and taking away their belongings and all their provisions, the Serbs massacred Alisse Muslim and his brother Abdi, Hassan Abas, and Dalip Elmas.
In Hokcliatiue, of the 74 houses in this village, not one remains intact; they were all ransacked and burned.
Those named Ferhatet Nazif were bayoneted. All the livestock was taken.

In Topoliau, a village of 68 houses, there was looting and a general burning. A man named Abdullah Djafer’s throat was cut for failing to pay the ransom of five Turkish lira (115 Italian lire) demanded by the Serbian officer commanding the detachment. The Serbian soldiers took all the livestock. In Kovatchiekta, Malik Bairam, Aziz Hadji, Ahmet Ramadan, Leka, Destan Yactiar, Seifeddin Eles, and Suleiman Ramadan were massacred.

The stolen livestock amounted to 150 sheep, 41 oxen, and 13 kids. A man named Rachit Redjep’s life was saved only thanks to a ransom of 150 Turkish lira (approximately 3,450 francs) paid to the commander of the Serbian detachment. In Ghuritsa (a village near Topolian), 14 men were massacred, including the village mayor; two women were also killed: Naile Sefer and Zemane Ibrahim, as well as an 8-year-old boy, Ismail Mehmed, a 10-year-old boy, Bairam Eles, a 7-year-old boy, Rahman, two 12-year-olds, Hassan Ali and Elias, as well as Hussein Choka’s daughter.

In Goleviclita, the entire village was sacked, 74 houses were burned, and Halil Numan and Noureddin Mustafa had their throats slit. As for livestock, the Serbs took 1,000 sheep, 80 oxen, and 35 horses the first time, and 23 horses, 40 oxen, and 500 sheep the second time.

In Karchichta, the only two Muslim houses in the village were burned. In addition, 60 sheep, two oxen, and four cows were taken. In Blat, the Serbs burned 75 houses and massacred Redjep Leche, his brother Abdi, and his son, named Bairam, as well as Islam Quarana’s wife.

The village was completely ransacked and the livestock there, 90 sheep and 50 oxen, were taken.

In Zogai, the village was looted; belongings, provisions for the winter, and all the livestock were taken. The Serbs burned 124 houses there, and while the fire reduced everything to ashes, they threw in alive a woman named Rihane, two young girls: Fazile and Muslime, and a seven-year-old boy named Bairam. They also killed with bayonets: Hadji Muslim, Nezir Aziz, llalil Numan, and Zein Hassan.

Returning a second time to Zogai, the Serbs massacred Mustafa Muslim, Aziz Yusuf, Adem Shaban, and Edine Nourka. They also kidnapped 7 cows and 6 sheep that had escaped the first looting.
In Magilîar, 10 houses were ransacked and burned.

In addition, the Serbs bayoneted Elmas Selman and his son Selman, Malik Redjep and his son Murat, Hassan Suleiman, Abdullah Kehaya, Haireddin Hassan and his three sons Eumèr, Ramis, and Tevfik, as well as his brother Rakip and his father Hassan, Rustem Mehmet, Numan Shemchedin, Ramadam Bairam, and Eyub Edhem.

The other inhabitants of the village were forced to surrender 50 oxen, 2 cows, and 113 goats to save their lives. In Potchiclita, the Serbs killed Muharhem Muharhem and his son Behdjet. They also took 100 sheep and nine oxen, as well as 150 Turkish lira (approximately 3,450 francs), the proceeds of searching the villagers’ pockets.

In Lower Kartcliiclita, the Serbs looted Mehmet Eyoub’s house after slitting the owner’s throat in front of his family.

In Cherneua, they burned 23 houses and massacred Hassan Abbas and his wife, Ramadan Salih, and Rustem Soulyeman. They completely ransacked the village and took all belongings, supplies, and livestock.

In Blats, the village was completely burned after being looted. The inhabitants were all put to the sword indiscriminately, so it is impossible to establish a list of victims. Returning a second time to the Blats site, the Serbs surprised 250 sheep, 37 cows, and 28 horses, which they abducted after killing the shepherds. At Spas, they ransacked all the dwellings and burned ten of them.

They took all the livestock they could capture, namely: 150 sheep, 4 horses, and 13 oxen. At Glaboutkii, after looting all the dwellings, they set them on fire; 30 houses were reduced to ashes. In addition, they massacred before the eyes of the inhabitants:
Adil Bilhal, Ahmed Abbas, Mustafa Murteza, Djelalledin,
Destan and his brother Musa, Haireddin Maksout, Lutfi, Feisolullah, Réshit Murteza and his son Fettah, Gazzanfer Zeinel, and others.

The Serbs also took 150 head of wool, 11 oxen, and 1 donkey.
At Pnldjiclité, the Serbs stole 103 sheep, 15 oxen, 14 horses, 7 donkeys, and 65 Turkish lira in gold (approximately 1,500 francs). Returning a second time, they surprised and took 5 sheep, 10 oxen, and 1 horse. In Obok, the entire village was ransacked and the notable Ramadan Bairam’s throat was slit. The first time, the Serbs kidnapped a flock of 120 sheep and then returned a second time, surprising 25 sheep, 2 oxen, 1 horse, and 2 donkeys.

In Peziak, they burned or destroyed all the homes. Among the inhabitants, they massacred the following: Yahya Ismail, Malik, Mahmout, Seifullah, Abbas, and Vehbi Suleiman. The Serbs also kidnapped 14 oxen, 50 sheep, and 1 donkey.

In Erebara, the entire village was ransacked and the following: Ibrahim Osman, Jounous Kourtiche, Djafer Demir, and Destan Ishak were massacred. They also took 3 horses, 1 donkey, and 8 sheep.
From a pasture near this village, the Serbs abducted a flock of 150 sheep belonging to Shukri Bey.

In Voyaik, the Serbs ransacked and burned all 51 houses, and while the flames carried out their devastation, the Serbian soldiers bayoneted everyone they encountered; among the victims were Sinan Ibrahim, Nazif Numan, Ali Selim, and Idris Chaban. Furthermore, Shame was tortured and had her throat cut before her children’s eyes.
All the captured livestock, 100 sheep, 8 oxen, and 9 horses, were taken away. 154

In Allai-Béy, the Serbs pillaged the entire village and burned 65 houses; they massacred the following: Ibrahim, Zeinel Dalip, Salih Ahmet, Ali Selim, Haidar Shaban and his brother Haireddin, Haireddin Moutché, Ali Osman, Numan Elmas, Seifeddin Selim, Zeinel Saip, Salih Suleiman, Fazli Abbas, as well as the women Shame, Qamile, Alie, Nimetallah, Illibe, Zaide, Fatime, and a five-year-old girl.

All livestock found in the village or in the pastures were taken.
In Avalau, the village was ransacked and four houses burned; The notable Ismail Ismail was slaughtered and the livestock was taken captive, namely 99 sheep, 6 horses and a donkey, was kidnapped.

In Tcbaka, after looting the village, nine houses were set on fire. Of the villagers, the Serbs bayoneted Bashir Rustem, Hussein Abbas, Shahin Numan, and Zeinullah. They also kidnapped 13 cattle. In Knvatitclia, the entire village was sacked and 32 houses were set on fire; Elias Daout, Noureddin Nurche, Salih Osman, and Zeinel Troza were massacred.

The Serbs kidnapped two oxen, 30 sheep, and nine cows.
In Upper Bluta, the entire village was looted and 18 houses were set on fire. Abdul Aziz and Abdurrahman were the only Serb victims. In addition, 42 sheep and two horses were taken.

In Blata, after the looting, fire reduced 25 houses to ashes; Ali Blata and his two sons died in the flames. The Serbs also took 30 sheep, four cows, and three horses. In Leolian, after the looting, the entire village was burned, and all the livestock found in the stables or pastures was taken.

Lower Dibra District

In Ravdishte, the village was looted and ransacked from top to bottom; 38 houses and about thirty stables were burned. The victims, massacred as usual with bayonets, numbered 65 men. It should also be noted that a six-year-old boy, the son of a local notable, was thrown alive into the flames. The Serbs also took 400 sheep, 150 goats, 60 cows, and 22 horses.

A search of the pockets of the spared inhabitants yielded 20 Turkish lira (about 450 francs), which the Serbs appropriated. In Zimar, the Serbs ransacked and burned seven houses; they massacred with bayonets: Ahmet Chaban, Mulaim Elmas, Suleiman Zekir, Veissel Riza, and Salih Chaban. The livestock they took amounted to 245 sheep and 12 oxen. In Starovetz, the entire village was sacked and 42 houses were reduced to ashes. The human victims were: Hussein Moudja, Rechit Rahman, and a woman named Zobeida.

The livestock surprised and taken by the Serbs amounted to 300 cattle, 30 horned animals, and four horses. In Balmtai, the Serbs forced Ramadan Mehmet and his companions to perform balancing acts, then slaughtered them. They kidnapped 10 horses.

In Toamiin, the village was sacked and two houses, a convent, and a mosque were burned. Mazloum Youssouf and a ten-year-old boy were massacred. All the livestock taken by surprise were taken.
In Dotcliiclita, after the looting, 55 houses were burned. Among the horribly massacred victims were the bodies of Malik Bairam, Ramadan Ahmet, Eumer Sadik, Zeinullah Hassan, Allalil Younous, Moussa Bairam, and Shaban Halil.

In addition, 400 sheep and 200 horses were kidnapped by the Serbs.
In Zagrad, soldiers burned eight houses and stole three horses.
In Belluvé, the Serbs ransacked the entire village and took all portable belongings.

In Graidau, after being sacked, 22 houses were burned. These included Aziz Chemchéddin, Hassan Zekiria, Djafer Youssouf, and Emroullah Mahmout. Mont, Békir, Hassan Dourmiche, Rustém Hassan and his brother Zékiria, Bédjet Nuri and his wife, Ismaïl Djélil and his brother Elias, Elès Hassan, Emroulah Démir, Sinan Djafer, Aziz Ivourtiche, Maksut Numan, and Ferhat were massacred with bayonets before the eyes of their families.

The Serbs also took all the livestock. In Mulinr, they looted all the houses and burned 14 of them. They also stole 200 sheep, 100 lambs, 30 cows, and 15 horses, as well as more than 300 Turkish lira (approximately 7,000 francs), the proceeds of picking through the residents’ pockets. During a second visit to the same village, the Serbian troops stole 10 sheep, 40 lambs, and a horse. They also massacred eleven notables with bayonets.

In Luzniis, after looting all the private properties, the Serbs set fire to five of the main houses.

They took all the livestock found in the stables, more than 4,500 wool-bearing animals and 200 horned animals. The human victims, massacred with bayonets, amounted to 45 people, whose names were carefully verified and noted.

In Tcliatouehe, four houses were burned, and the woman named Asma Hassan, as well as Zeinel Chaban and Osman Numan, were massacred; three horses were stolen.
In Breclidau, the Serbs looted and burned 17 houses. They massacred Abedin Osman, Shahin Mehmet, and Salih Kadri. Twenty-five horses were also stolen.

In Onshtelentsa, the entire village was sacked and thirteen houses burned to the ground. Numan Rustem, Muslim Zeki, and Mehmet Gota were massacred. The stolen livestock consisted of 17 horses and six oxen.

In Deshat, the Serbs set fire to 15 houses and threw a ten-year-old boy, two seven-year-olds, and two women into the flames alive. They stole fifty oxen and 500 sheep.

In Sohodol, they set fire to a village on May 3. and massacred
four men, namely Abdullah Abedin, Toussoun Dalip,
Souléyman Bahtiar, and Dalip Ismaïl, a woman (Bélouré) and her 6-year-old child (Mazloum). They also kidnapped 200 sheep and 30 horses.
In Borovian, the Serbs burned two houses and slaughtered Rustém Mouharrém in front of his people. They also kidnapped 27 cattle, 119 sheep, and five horses.

In Rachuopoye, they ransacked all the houses, but failed to set fire to any. They bayoneted six notables (named Bairam Mehmet, Malik Rakip, Selman Rakip, Behdjet Behloul, Osman Azan, and Haireddin Malik) and kidnapped 20 oxen. In Cheryan, the Serbs set fire to the houses and killed three men (Fazli Suleiman, Yashar Ileibat, and Bektash Arslan) and a woman (Zobeida).

They kidnapped 14 horses and 00 sheep. In Pilaf, all the houses were ransacked and five of them burned. The Serbs bayoneted Dalip Ramadan, before the eyes of his elderly mother. In Pilaf-Mahalla, after ransacking all the houses, they burned eight. They killed Hassan Fettah, Salih Yusuf, and his six-year-old daughter, Fatimé. In addition, the Serbian soldiers threw a five-year-old boy, Shukri, and a four-year-old boy, Hassan, alive into the flames. 158

The livestock stolen included 100 oxen, 15 cows, 200 sheep, and eight horses. In Polloyan, the village was pillaged from top to bottom and three houses set on fire. Eleven people were killed (Haireddin Vechta and his brother Aziz, Yusuf Uka, Haireddin Shkurti, Hussein Zeinel, Ilaireddin Ilalil, Sait Pasha, Emine Shahin, Eles Numan and his brother Osman, along with the latter’s son).

As livestock, they stole 50 sheep, 12 oxen, and four horses. In Gtlitcliesse, all the houses were ransacked and five were set on fire. The Serbs slit the throats of three men (Djafer Rustem, Destan Hassan, and Djémal Salih) and one woman (Aïché). They kidnapped 250 sheep and 30 horses.

In Jlimiau, the entire village was sacked; among the inhabitants, the following were massacred with bayonets: Hassan Shahin, Seifullah Ibrahim, Abdurrahman Fettah, Kérim Sadik, Baïram Djélil. 200 sheep, 20 cows, and 10 horses were also kidnapped. In Pishknpia, after looting all the houses in this village, 57 of the largest houses were burned; Djelaleddih Abbas, Ali Eumer, Djelman Selman, Hassan Arslan, Haïreddin Chaban, and Mourat Démir were massacred. The livestock taken amounted to 180 cattle, 450 sheep, 15 mules, and 20 horses.

In Triptché, the village was sacked, and Zeinullah Ahmet’s throat was brutally slit before his own eyes. Two horses and 57 sheep were taken.
In Tcliidlma, thirty houses were burned to the ground.
The human victims included three men (Kitan Keloche, Hassan Han, Arslan Sadik). In addition, 500 sheep, 200 head of cattle, 13 horses, and 3 donkeys were taken.

In Riéues, the Serbs set fire to five houses, slit the throat of Zeïnel Ahmet on his doorstep, and kidnapped 100 cattle, 12 cows, and 5 pack animals. And the account of the massacres continues, and the terrifying list grows longer, forming the martyrology of the young Albanian people.

Detailed details have been provided of the atrocities committed in other regions of the Lower Dibra district in northern Albania, such as in Diviak (general looting, the assassination of one man, Beqir Suleiman, and a ransom of 45 Turkish lira paid to the Serbian commander by the inhabitants to stop the massacre. All the livestock was taken.)
In Véuishté, looting, fire; Beqir Assim and Idris Tahir had their throats slit, and their livestock were stolen.

In Slatiua, 30 houses were set on fire, Bahtial Idris was burned alive, and 1,365 head of cattle were stolen. In Troyak and Velesha, 41 homes were burned to the ground, Zaim Idris, Abbas Ilussein, and Salih Kadri were murdered, and 660 head of cattle were stolen.

In Kal, 30 houses were burned, the woman Daveshe was thrown into the flames, Bairam Rustem had her throat slit on the doorstep of his home, and 576 head of cattle were stolen.

In Slave, there were no casualties; the population, having no faith in the Serbian amnesty, had fled to the mountains. The village was pillaged from top to bottom, 32 houses were reduced to ashes, and 319 head of cattle, caught in the pastures, were stolen.
In Dardha, widespread looting; two victims: Noureddin Souléyman and Ramadan Sinan; 380 head of cattle were stolen.
In Retlia, widespread looting and the kidnapping of 600 head of cattle.

In Culimat La Pallaman, looting and burning of eight houses. Three women were murdered: Rihané, Selvié, and Aïché, and three men: Youssouf, Baïram, and Baïram. The number of cattle stolen exceeded 1,340.

District of Luma

No less terrifying are the horrors perpetrated in Luma District, and more specifically:

In Chnlan, general looting and burning. The entire population was slaughtered except for three people who, hearing the screams of terror from the women and children, understood what was happening and fled into the forest.

In Iodé and Kinclitan, houses were looted and burned; there were 13 human victims.

In Topojan, homes were burned to the ground and the population of more than 500 people exterminated.

In Tclierin, everything was looted. The livestock, more than 350 head, were stolen. 23 human victims, including 7 religious.
In Ivrushevo. By order of Loglop, secretary of the Serbian government in Prizrend, the family of Hadji Ibrahim, consisting of eight people, including three women, a one-year-old baby, two four-year-old girls, and one six-year-old girl, was coldly massacred by the soldiers.

In Bnchtrina and Bilonche, widespread looting and burning. The population, without distinction of sex or age, was put to the sword or burned alive. Livestock were caught in the pastures after the massacre of the shepherds.

In Kekiai and Matrantza, widespread looting, with the livestock taken, approximately 1,000 head.
In Vasse, Palouclie, Qabere, and Bratcli, widespread looting, with all provisions, objects, and belongings of any value taken; the livestock, more than 800 head, was taken. 161

In Djiné, Lnzène, Kalisse, and Vile, in addition to the looting, 71 houses were burned, 123 human victims—men, women, and children—were killed, and 2,121 head of livestock were stolen.

In Emiclité, 21 houses were looted and burned; 15 victims, including a woman, a 3-month-old baby, a 4-year-old boy, a 5-year-old boy, and two 8-year-old boys; 480 head of livestock were stolen.

In Bjafere, Brégas, Miutché, Loëna, and Perbrek, all the homes were razed, and the people surrounded by Serbian soldiers were mercilessly massacred. Several were hanged from tree branches, and the majority had their throats cut. Some were thrown into the flames
and others suffered even more atrocious tortures
before dying.

In Bregas alone, a large village of more than 150 houses, the victims—men, women, and children—are estimated at more than 1,300 people, and in Perbrek, their number must have well exceeded 400. Of the entire population of these five villages, only two inhabitants
from Djafore and five from Mintché managed to escape extermination.

Other scenes of ferocity and carnage took place in Seroi, where 130 houses were burned, 55 men and 2 women massacred.
In Bardoftsa and Novossel, both villages were completely burned; The population was able to escape into the mountains, except for Islam Ilandji’s wife and her four young children and Ramadan Youssouf’s entire family, who were all burned alive.

The livestock caught in the pastures, 1,620 head, including 320 large cattle, was taken. In Snla-è-Fnchese and Arras, 34 houses were burned; there were 11 human victims, and all the livestock, 610 head, were taken.”

Reference

https://www.strumski.com/books/m.d.skopiansky_atrocites_serbes.pdf

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