Petrit Latifi

The shooting of the Trakalaks of 1913 by Tanusha who were in Kabash.
The Serbian campaign, which was part of the strategy for the emptying of these lands and the colonization with Serbo-Slavic population, continued even further with greater intensity.

“On November 28, 1913, after falling to Kabash in Viti, known as a bastion of resistance against the Serbs, Serbian forces kidnapped the civilian population, mainly men, young men and women, who at an opportune moment could have been members of the insurgent forces against the Serbs. Along with the local Kabash, there were also people who had long ago moved from Tanusha and were known as the Trakalaq Neighborhood of Kabash from Tanusha.

The terrorist forces, allegedly of the “Serbian State Army”, after “tying up the hostages, the Kabash, along with them and the five men of the aforementioned neighborhood, set the village on fire. The men were kept tied up at the beginning of Viti, at “Arat e slatinëve”, and after a day they were sent away under the pretext that they were being sent to court in Gjilan, while in reality they had prepared graves for them in Kllokot in Viti, where they were to be buried after the execution.

Hand in hand with friends, as part of the traditional Albanian dress that Albanians tie around their waists and wear as specific national clothing, going near Kllokot, Mullah Haziz Sallah Beqa from Tanusha, sees that they have prepared the graves.

After several pleas to the Serbian gendarmerie for the release of some children, who were minors, the gendarmerie chiefs did not do this, Mulla Hazizi again tells the villagers that if anyone can escape or at least, to try to snatch a rifle from them.

The Serbs panic and, shooting in the direction of the Kabashas, ​​they also shot several Serbs. From this panic shooting, in addition to the Albanians, there were also Serbs killed. However, during this fight, six people escape the massacre and, although tied up, manage to escape.

The massacred were buried, some half-alive, all in a pit in the territory of the village of Kllokot in Viti. Together with the other Kabashas, ​​the Trakalaqs of Tanusha were also buried, those who had lived for a long time in the village of Kabash.

Relatives of the Trakalaq family.

The Trakalaqs killed were:

1. Mulla Aziz Sallah Beqa Trakalaqi, 47 years old,
2. Faik Aziz Sallah Trakalaqi, son of Mulla Aziz, 19 years old
3. Ali Sallah Beqa Trakalaqi, brother of Mulla Aziz, 50 years old,
4. Hebib Ali Sallah Trakalaqi, 25 years old.
5. Veli Sallah Beqa Trakalaqi, brother of Mulla Aziz, 45 years old,
   These were three brothers and their two sons who were killed by the Serbian Chetnik forces.
   
   In the houses of Kabash, which the Serbs had set on fire, two Tanusha were also burned, in the mock mullar, where they had been hiding.
   
6. Rrustem Veli Salla Trakalaqi, 19 years old,
7. Shaban Veli Sallah Beqa Trakalaqi, 17 years old.
   
   Rrustem and Shaban were Veli’s even though Velia had been killed in Kllokot, and the enraged Serbs burned down her house and both sons, who were hiding in the tallow barn. Their mother, Veli’s wife, Hanifja, came out and shouted for them to get out of the burning tallow. But, unable to save them, because the fire had spread rapidly, and so both sons burned before her eyes,” writes Feri Arifi.
   
   References
   
   The notes were taken by Emin Trakalaçi Tanusha, in Kabash.