Adem Jashari^[a] (November 28, 1955 – March 7, 1998) born in Prekaz, in the Drenica region of Kosovo^[b] (at the time Yugoslavia). He is considered to be one of the chief architects of the Kosovo Liberation Army, along with Zahir Pajaziti. Jashari was a chief commander in the Drenica operation zone of the KLA.

Along with his brother Hamza, Adem participated in attacks and assassination of Serb forces. In July 1997 a Yugoslav court had convicted him in absentia of "terrorist actions" in a trial condemned by international human rights groups.^[1] He was killed in March 1998, along with more than 50 other people, when Yugoslav security forces laid siege to his family home in Donji Prekaz
 

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(KLA). On February 28, 1998 a group of insurgents led by Adem Jashari attacked Serbian police patrols killing four policemen and injuring two. In the attack sixteen KLA members were killed.^[4] The Jashari family fought Serb/Yugoslav forces in Kosovo from the early '90s but this fact was kept hidden from the general public by both moderate Albanian politicians and by the Belgrade government, in order to preserve the status-quo. The first battle between Jashari and his friends against federal forces took place on the morning of December 30, 1991. Jashari's house was surrounded by a large number of security personnel demanding his surrender. They broke the siege and later participated in several actions against the Yugoslav army and police. Jashari's residence in Prekaz was next attacked by federal police forces on January 22, 1998. The attack was dangerous and the ADMEM JASHARI DIED