Musa Hoti

Musa Hoti
Born	(1946-07-11)11 July 1946 Mitrovica, SFR Yugoslavia
Died	16 January 2004(2004-01-16) (aged 57) Brussels, Belgium
Burial place	Martyr Cemetery, Pristina
Movement	People's Movement of Kosovo (1982–1999)
Opponent(s)	SFR Yugoslavia (1968–1992) Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1992–2004)

Musa Hoti was a Kosovan teacher and activist for the independence of Kosovo. ^[1]

In 1968, he organized demonstrations in various Albanian-speaking cities in Kosovo, Montenegro and Macedonia; his activism led the Yugoslav government to consider him a dangerous opponent. ^[2]

After emigrating to Brussels , he joined the National Movement for the Liberation of Kosovo, of which he was one of the leaders. In 1981, he shot to death Stojan Djerić and wounded Redzo Zuko, two Yugoslav consular agents, in self-defense. ^{[3] [4]} After several failed attempts by the Serbian secret services, he was assassinated on January 16, 2004. ^[5]

References

1. "Përkujtohet Musa Hoti , heroi i kauzës kombëtare". kosovarja-ks.com (in Albanian). 29 November 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
2. Sahitaj 2011, pp. 14–15.
3. « Meurtre d'un membre de l'ambassade yougoslave », La Libre Belgique, 6 August 1981.
4. Miranda Vickers, Between Serb and Albanian: a History of Kosovo., Columbia University Press, 1998, page 224 ISBN   978-0-2311-1382-3  ; online
5. Thierry Remacle, « Meurtre dans le parking Loi », La Dernière Heure , 17 January 2004.

Sources

• Sahitaj, Reshat (2011). Musa Hoti - Shënime, kujtime, përjetime, dokumente (in Albanian). Prishtina: Biblioketa Kombëtare dhe Universitare e Kosovës – Unioni i Shkrimtarëve dhe kritikëve Shqiptarë. ISBN   978-9951-8595-9-2.