Massacres of Keqëkolle and Prapashticë

Part of Yugoslav colonisation of Kosovo
Location| Keqëkolle
Date|
Midnight
Target| Albanian civilians

Attack type

| Torture and execution
Weapons| axes, bayonets, rifles.
Deaths| 1020
Victims| 1020
Perpetrators| Serbian troops led by Radovan Radonić and Bozhidar Paunovic
Motive| Terror
Convicted| None

Massacres of Keqëkolle and Prapashticë (Albanian: Masakrat ne Keqëkolle e Prapashticë) were a series of massacres of boys and men committed by Serbian troops of the Third Army, in the region of Gallapi, in the village Keqekolla, in Pristina, Kosovo, on January 10, 1921.[1] [2]

## Massacre

The battalions was led by Radovan Radonić and Bozhidar Paunovic who, prior to the massacre, had committed several atrocities in the villages Popovë, Majac, Lupc, Bellopojë, Tërrnavë, Sharban, Koliq, Keqekollë, Ballaban and Prapashticë. On Januar 10, 1921, Serbian soldiers entered into Mulla Ademis house and forced him to watch as they beheaded his whole family.[3] The massacred included: his wife Mihrije Emërllahu, (68), his son Mehmet Emërllahu (30), Hasime Emërllahu (the sons wife), Selime Adem Emërllahu, Tahire Adem Emërllahu, Mustafë Adem Emërllahu, and a baby in a cradle.[4] Afterwards, Mulla Ademi was beheaded too and the bodies were cut to pieces and burned.

Among the massacred was Mulla Ademi Emërllahu (1850-1921), an Albanian author, scholar and imam, who was forced to watch along as 9 family members were beheaded, before being beheaded himself. A total number of 1020 Albanian civlians were massacred, carried out by Colonel Radovan Radonić and Bozhidar Paunovic.[5] Of Mulla Ademis family, only one boy survived who was not present at the moment. It is believed that between 1020 and 1600 Albanians were killed in total that day.[6] The month was called "Black January" afterwards by the locals.[7]

## Atrocities

After the massacre, the Serbian troops gathered all boys and men in the ages of 15-70 from the villages of Kurtaj, Qorraj, Çelaj, Myftaraj, Spahijaj, Balaj, to the town square where they were massacred, numbering 1020 Albanians.[8] The family of Gjaka were forced to wait outside as the Serb soldiers filled the house with hay and set it ablaze. The mother in the family tried to rescue the baby by throwing out the window. The soldiers continued to throw it back inside the house. After the baby was thrown out, the Serb soldiers shot and bayonetted it on the street.[9][10]

## References

1. ↑ Robert Elsie (1997) (in German), Kosovo: In the heart of the powder keg, East European Monographs, p. 482, ISBN 978-0-88033-375-7, https://books.google.de/books?id=e4BpAAAAMAAJ&q=Kecekolla
2. ↑ Remzije Sherifi (1955), Ibrahim Rugova. La Question Du Kosovo (The Shadow Behind The Sun. Prishtina. p. 54. https://books.google.se/books?id=RIruxQEACAAJ&dq=Shadow+Behind+The+Sun+Remzije+Sherifi&hl=sv&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjp1JTkubroAhUotYsKHdMBA4MQ6AEIKDAA. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
3. ↑ Mani, Kadri (1999) (in sq). Shqiptarët janë atje! (Thus, in 1921, in the mountain village of Keqekollë / Pri komtina, the Prishtinë / Pri komtina municipality, the Chetniks entered the house of Mulla Ademi at nightand murdered 9 nine family members: Mulla Adam was then beheaded in front of the house and the corpses cut to pieces and burned. ed.). Koha. p. 236. https://books.google.se/books?id=wwm5AAAAIAAJ&q=Mullah+Ademi+1921&dq=Mullah+Ademi+1921&hl=sv&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjO2rnXsrroAhVMEncKHaPUDSAQ6AEIKjAA. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
4. ↑ R., Rexhepi, Masakra e Prapashticës by Prof. Dr. Hysen Matoshi (2012) (in en). Takvimi 2012. "The Massacre of Prapashtice" (Pjesa e shkrimeve te takvimit per 2012 ed.). Prishtina. pp. 315–322. https://issuu.com/bislame.net/docs/takvimi2012/157. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
5. ↑ ""Janari i zi" i Mulla Ademit" (in en). Kosova Sot. Kosova Sot ("In January 1921, this family was killed and massacred by the Serbian soldiers in Keqekolle. The story of this tragic event is still known today as "Black January", which came after the occupation of Kosovo by Serbia and Montenegro, and after the Serbian and Montenegrin military power had settled on this side. From November 1912 to June 1914, Kosovo was the target of Serbian army violence, facing daily unprecedented violence onto defenseless Albanians."). 13 January 2016. https://www.kosova-sot.info/lajme/66726//. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
6. ↑ Sopjani, Naser (2012) (in en). Lufta e UÇK-së në Malësinë e Gollakut, Grashticë, Keçekollë ("The wars in Kosovo left indelible impressions even in the Gollak area, where this area was breached, it burned, was occupied and looted. Unforgettable for Gollaku is also the first half of January 1921, year where the so-called "Erfija" of power is applied Serbia, where only in the village of Prapashtica were cut and around 1200 Albanians were slaughtered without any fear no age or gender and 25 houses were burned. then, around 200 were massacred in Keekekollë and Ballaban inhabitants, with less in Ballaban37. According to some the number of sources varies and ranges from 1020 to 1600" ed.). Prishtina: Blue tech. p. 37. https://www.academia.edu/5193389/Lufta_e_UÇK-së_në_Malësinë_e_Gollakut_Grashticë_Keçekollë.
7. ↑ Shaban, Cakolli, Demir Krasniqi. "Kënga e tij është pasuri e përgjithshme kombëtare". www.filolet.com. Filozofi dhe letërsi __histori kombëtare, vështrime, debat (It was the black January of 1921, when the Serbian forces massacred civilians. The villages of Gollak were burned and terrorized by Serbian expeditions led by Colonel Radovan Radovic, who had a strong arm of the Bozidars gendarmeries. Paunovic was known as Bozidar Ballovci .The massacres began in the villages of Llap, Lupc, Majac, Luzhan, Batllava, Sharban, and from there the campaign took on dimensions in Gollak including Koliqi, Keqekolla and Prapashtica.). http://www.filolet.com/kulture_art/demir-krasniqi-kenga-e-tij-eshte-pasuri-e-pergjithshme-kombetare.htm. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
8. ↑ Shaban, Cakolli (2008). "AlbaniaPress.com / ShqiperiaPress.com - SHPALIME TE HIDHURA KUJTESE". www.albaniapress.com (fter the murder of Mulla Ademi, the Serbian army had gathered men from 15 to 70 years old in the neighborhoods of Keqekolla, such as: Kurtaj, Qorraj, Çelaj, Myftaraj, Spahijaj, Balaj, Govordhe and the entire population of this age of Prapashtica and Keqekolla gathered in one. the meadow in Prapashtica handcuffing and killing 1020 Gollaku Albanians. January and cold weather, heavy snow falling on the Gollaku highland had hampered the movements of the highlanders. , where captured residents killed, burned, bayoneted, set fire to their homes. The elderly who survived those events say all terror on the ground had been dreaded and the wolves had been reduced for several days.). http://www.albaniapress.com/lajme/7029/SHPALIME-TE-HIDHURA-KUJTESE-.html. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
9. ↑ Remzije Sherifil, 1995, The Shadow Behind The Sun, (p.53)
10. ↑ "Masakra në Prapashticë dhe Keqekollë, janar, 1921". (Massacre of Prapashticë and Keqekollë, 1996, VOL. II, 2011)

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