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Avdil Jakupi

Avdil Jakupi (Macedonian: Авдил Јакупи), also known by his nom de guerre "Commander Jackal" (Albanian: Komandant Çakalli; Macedonian: Командант Чакала),[1][2] is an Albanian commander of Albanian National Army (ANA), former member of the Liberation Army of Preševo, Medveđa and Bujanovac (UÇPMB) and National Liberation Army (NLA).[3][4]

Avdil Jakupi
Born (1974-04-20) 20 April 1974 (age 50)
Tanuševci, SR Macedonia
Allegiance Liberation Army of Preševo, Medveđa and Bujanovac
National Liberation Army
Albanian National Army
RankCommander

Life

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Advil Jakupi was born on 20 April 1974 in Tanuševci, SR Macedonia (now North Macedonia). He was a member of the Liberation Army of Preševo, Medveđa and Bujanovac and National Liberation Army.[5] Jakupi led a group formed in 2003.[6] British defense intelligence officer Anthony Tucker-Jones estimated that he had not more than seventy fighters.[7] In the 2000s, he was placed on United States' blacklist.[8] In 27 August 2003, Jakupi and fifteen other members of the ANA kidnapped two policemen. Jakupi demanded that an ethnic Albanian man who was imprisoned for placing bombs in Kumanovo be released.[9] The policemen were freed.[10][11] The Macedonian National Security Council gave the green light to the police to arrest ethnic Albanian gunmen active in the northwest of the country.[12] An operation to capture the members was carried out by the Macedonian police in the north of Macedonia.[13] Hundreds of ethnic Albanians fled the area.[12] Police withdrew in September after their search alarmed the local people and after the villagers of Vaksince assured the police that Jakupi was no longer there.[14][15] In 11 September, the interior minister Hari Kostov ordered deputy interior minister Hazbi Lika, Administration for Security and Counterintelligence's deputy director Fatmir Dehari and deputy from public security bureau Besir Dehari the order to conduct an action to arrest him and another commander, with the deadline being a month.[16]

He was placed on the European Union's blacklist in 10 February 2004.[17] In 2004, Jakupi surrendered to authorities in Kosovo.[18] The United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo transferred him to the Republic on Macedonia on 29 April.[19] A court in Skopje sentenced him to around ten years for kidnapping and robbery in the Idrizovo prison in 20 December.[20][2][21][22] His lawyers claimed the trial was politically motivated.[20] In June 2017, he wrote a letter to Macedonian prime minister Zoran Zaev, requesting to be released and said that he was imprisoned for a crime he did not commit.[23] He was released from prison in 2018.[24]

References

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  1. ^ "Refugees flee northern Macedonia as police clamp down on militants - the Republic of North Macedonia | ReliefWeb". reliefweb.int. 2003-09-01. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
  2. ^ a b "KOSOVO: KFORJU SE JE PREDAL AVDIL JAKUPI". rtvslo.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved 2024-02-01.
  3. ^ Unternehmensberatung, ADVOKAT. "Entscheidung TE AsylGH Erkenntnis 2008/09/04 B3 318745-1/2008 - JUSLINE Österreich". www.jusline.at (in German). Retrieved 2023-10-29.
  4. ^ "Экстремистские силы албанцев на севере Македонии мобилизуют свои силы". September 2, 2003.
  5. ^ White Book: Terrorism of the So-Called NLA. Skopje: Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Macedonia. 2001. p. 87. Archived from the original on 5 March 2015.
  6. ^ "The dream of a Greater Albania". Le Monde diplomatique. July 2006.
  7. ^ Anthony Tucker-Jones (2010). The Rise of Militant Islam: An Insider's View of the Failure to Curb Global Jihad. Pen & Sword Military. p. 97. ISBN 9781844159451.
  8. ^ "САД ги продолжи санкциите за екстремистите од Македонија и Западен Балкан". Sitel (in Macedonian). 22 June 2016.
  9. ^ "Командант Чакала бара ослободување на Ајети, МВР најавува акција". Radio Free Europe (in Macedonian). 27 August 2003.
  10. ^ "Скопје: Ослободени киднапираните полицајци". Radio Free Europe (in Macedonian). 27 August 2003.
  11. ^ "New concerns over Albanian guerrillas". BBC. 5 September 2003.
  12. ^ a b "Refugees flee northern Macedonia as police clamp down on militants". ReliefWeb. DPA. 1 September 2003.
  13. ^ Geshakova, Julia (2008-04-09). "Macedonia: Tensions Rise As Police Crack Down On Armed Groups". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
  14. ^ "Macedonia: Police Manhunt Provokes Ethnic Tensions". Institute for War and Peace Reporting. 6 September 2005.
  15. ^ "Balkan Report: September 12, 2003". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 12 September 2003.
  16. ^ "Еден месец рок за апсење на Чакала". Radio Free Europe (in Macedonian). 11 September 2003.
  17. ^ "ЕУ ја објави црната листа". Deutsche Welle (in Macedonian). 10 February 2004.
  18. ^ "Albanischer Extremist stellt sich den Behörden in Kosovo". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in Swiss High German). 2004-02-03. ISSN 0376-6829. Retrieved 2023-10-20.
  19. ^ "Transfer of Two Macedonian Nationals to the Custody of the Government of FYROM". UNMIK. 29 April 2004.
  20. ^ a b "Newsline - December 21, 2004". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 21 December 2004.
  21. ^ "Pas 14 viteve në burg. lirohet Avdil Jakupi (Çakalla)". fax.al. Retrieved 2023-10-20.
  22. ^ "Schwere Vorwürfe gegen mazedonische Regierung: Verbindungen zur Mafia und Destabilisierungsversuche – DW – 05.09.2003". dw.com (in German). Retrieved 2023-10-29.
  23. ^ "На Командант Чакала му заврши казната во Идризово". Faktor (in Macedonian). 2 July 2018.
  24. ^ "Ослободен командант на УЧК: Чакала го напушти Идризово". Netpress (in Macedonian). 10 February 2018.


  

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