Hamëz Jashari

Hamëz Jashari[lower-alpha 1] (1950 – March 1998) was a Kosovar Albanian combatant and the brother of Adem Jashari. He was also a commander of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA). He accompanied his brother Adem during the Kosovo War, in 1998.

Hamëz Jashari
Hamëz Jashari monument in Hamëz Jashari High School in Skënderaj
Born1950
Prekaz, SAP Kosovo, SFR Yugoslavia
DiedMarch 1998 (age 47–48)
Prekaz, Kosovo, FR Yugoslavia
Allegiance Kosovo Liberation Army
Years of service1991–98
RankCommander
Commands heldKosovo Liberation Army
Battles/warsKosovo War
AwardsHero of Kosovo (2010)[1]

On 30 December 1991, when the brothers were at home in Prekaz, the Serbian police surrounded them in an attempt to arrest them, they managed to escape unharmed. Later, Adem and Hamëz started attacks against the Yugoslav Police.

Finally, on 5 March 1998, Prekaz was attacked by Yugoslav police forces. Adem and Hamëz Jashari and approximately sixty members of their family were killed, after the refusal of Adem Jashari and his brothers to surrender. The sole survivor of the attack was Hamëz's then 11-year-old daughter, Besarta.

In 2010 he received the order Hero of Kosovo by the president of Kosovo, Jakup Krasniqi.[2]

Notes
  1. Albanian: Hamëz Jashari; Serbo-Croatian Latin: Hamaz Jašari

References
  1. http://www.voal-online.ch/index.php?mod=article&cat=LAJMIIF&article=10410
  2. http://www.voal-online.ch/index.php?mod=article&cat=LAJMIIF&article=10410


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