november march founders organization fought 1990s beginning participated attacks serbian police travelling albania receive military training arrested released behest later returned continued launching attacks yugoslav establishment july convicted terrorism yugoslav court unsuccessful attempts capture kill serbian police launched attack home march battle followed resulted deaths members family including wife son seen father considered symbol independence ethnic posthumously awarded title hero following disputed territory declaration independence international airport named biography early life born village region november descended fought yugoslav forces decades prior raised war stories rarely seen gun according journalist hated serbs early recruits ideological guerrilla source recounted liked drunk shoot serbs guerrilla activities hilly region central inhabited exclusively prior war government yugoslavia considered terrorism farmer participated armed uprising serbian authorities erupted region yugoslavia period organization came known emerged ethnic wishing fight independence underwent military training municipality albania ethnic committed acts sabotage aimed serbian administrative apparatus attempting capture kill serbian police surrounded older brother home december ensuing siege large numbers police withdraw village albania arrested government sent jail released alongside demand yugoslav forces considering area launched attacks years targeted serbian police convicted terrorism yugoslav court july human rights watch subsequently described trial fourteen convicted failing conform international standards pursuing murder policeman yugoslav forces attempted assault compound january present thousands descended succeeded pushing serbs village surroundings month small unit ambushed serbian policemen serbs killed injured ensuing clashes dawn march launched attack police patrol death response attack organized scale revenge mission involving tanks helicopters backed artillery nearby ammunition factory intention eliminating suspects families police attacked villages identified strongholds including human rights watch noted special police forces attacked warning firing women children members families subsequently fled compound police invited surrender giving deadline hours respond period number families left compound remained ordering family members stay inside telling resist man hour deadline expired sides began exchanging gunfire houses extended family gathered mortar shell fell roof causing deaths day siege police captured compound inside discovered brother killed killed wife thirteen year old son overall approximately killed attack including eighteen women children age sixteen major said women children elderly hostages speaking attack yugoslav general stated normal action known criminal successful details don remember aftermath deaths family resulted international backlash news killings spread armed militias emerged seeking avenge death join soon attack bodies taken hospital march returned day placed inside warehouse located outskirts town photographs taken time revealed received bullet wound neck march police publicly stated bury bodies killed quickly claimed buried family members day police dug large grave near buried bodies people identified march bodies relatives accordance islamic tradition field known field peace legacy dubbed legendary commander regarded father portraits carrying automatic weapon walls homes inhabited ethnic considered symbol independence anniversary death annually commemorated home transformed shrine field family buried place pilgrimage authors national hero rebels past following declaration independence posthumously awarded title hero role war football stadium international airport named books websites
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