Mujdin Aliu

Mujdin Aliu
Born 15 January 1974
Poroj, Tetovo, SFR Yugoslavia
Died 14 April 1999 (aged 25)
Košare, Kosovo, FR Yugoslavia (FR Yugoslav - Albanian border)
Buried at Poroj, Tetovo
Allegiance
Years of service 1998–1999
Commands held Košare (KLA, Kosovo)
Wars and battles

Kosovo War (1998–99)

Mujdin Aliu (1974 - 1999) was a Macedonian Albanian soldier who gained prominence in the Kosovo War. He served in the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), where he fought in the Battle of Košare.

Mujdin and the KLA seized the peak of Košares and immediately began entrenching themselves. The KLA took Maja Glava with massive artillery support and continued to bombard the Yugoslav Košare Outpost, which resulted in the Yugoslav soldiers having to abandon their posts. On April 14, Yugoslav troops launched a surprise assault on Maja Glava. Mujdin Aliu died defending the post, resulting in the Yugoslav Army being able to take Maja Glava.[1][2]

Legacy

Aliu is regarded in high esteem by the KLA and the National Liberation Army (NLA).[3] Considered a heroic martyr who died for the freedom of the Kosovar Albanians,[4] the 112th Brigade of the NLA, which fought in Mujdin's home town of Tetovo, was named the Mujdin Aliu Brigade.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Mejdin Aliu
  2. ↑ "The Macedonian Times", The Macedonian Times (63-74), 2000
  3. ↑ "Shënohet përvjetori i rënies së heroit Mujdin Aliu". Radio Jehona. 15 April 2013. Retrieved 2014-09-26.
  4. ↑ "Homazhe dëshmorit Mujdin Aliu në fshatin Poroj". Bota Sot. 14 April 2013. Retrieved 2014-09-26.
  5. ↑ "USHT, homazhe për dëshmorin Mujdin Aliu". State University of Tetovo. 15 April 2014. Retrieved 2014-09-26.