Kadri Bazi Breza (1880–1943) was an Albanian Kaçak, and a freedom fighter during the Albanian National Awakening.
In 1913, Serbian forces occupied villages in the Karadak region, including the village of Kadri Breza under their command. During that time, a Serbian officer named Bašić with his unit of 300 men committed murders in the village.
It was there that Bašić wanted to rape a local girl. Kadri Breza heard the girl’s cries for help and armed with an axe approached the Serbian commander, cutting off his head in front of all his men. Astonished by this, the entire Serbian unit fled the village. Kadri Breza then hid in the mountains, where he was never captured by the Serbian authorities.
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