In Bitola, on July 7, 1908, the Juhani murdered Shemsi Pasha, who was sent by the Turkish government to suppress the rebellion of the III corpus, commanded by Albanian officer Ahmet Njazi Beu. The killing general was remarkable for his savagery in the suppression of Albanian revolts. In January 1904, he headed the expedition that repressed the uprising in Gjakova, Peja and Luma; Three years later, in May 1907, he blew Elbasan and Peqini, trying to quench even the smallest idea of independence. The Xurbans killed their Hangman General, to attract Albanians to the revolution that had exploded.
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