Petrit Latifi

After having massacred tens of thousands of Albanians, the Serbian invasion troops reached Tirana where atrocities continued with houses and civilians being murdered and burned. The Bozner Nachrichten writes in 1913:

“Serbian atrocities near Tirana.

Vienna, March 12. The “Albanian Correspondence” reports from Trieste: Letters from Tirana report that Serbian troops committed unheard of atrocities in the area around Tirana. The inhabitants of Kaza-Tirana had sheltered a detachment of Albanian volunteers and provided them with provisions. When this fact came to the attention of the Serbian military commander, he had the village razed by troops.

All the houses in the village, as well as the estate of Fuad Bei Toptani, were then burned. 17 men perished in the flames. 10 men and 2 women were executed. The rest of the population escaped to the mountains. The men have joined the Albanian gangs that were in the process of being formed”.

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