{"id":7850,"date":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/1970\/01\/01\/rance-massacre\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T18:52:50","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T18:52:50","slug":"rance-massacre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/1970\/01\/01\/rance-massacre\/","title":{"rendered":"Rance Massacre"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In <\/span>t<\/span>he Long Meadow of <\/span>t<\/span>he village of <\/span>Greiçevc<\/span> in <\/span>t<\/span>he municipali<\/span>t<\/span>y of <\/span>Suhareka<\/span>, <\/span>t<\/span>he “<\/span>Ran<\/span>c<\/span>e Massacre” occurred, perpe<\/span>t<\/span>ra<\/span>t<\/span>ed by <\/span>t<\/span>he mili<\/span>t<\/span>ary and police forces of Serbia agains<\/span>t<\/span> t<\/span>he civilian popula<\/span>t<\/span>ion. During remo<\/span>t<\/span>e shelling aimed a<\/span>t<\/span> t<\/span>he residen<\/span>t<\/span>s of <\/span>t<\/span>hese se<\/span>t<\/span>t<\/span>lemen<\/span>t<\/span>s, who had sough<\/span>t<\/span> refuge in <\/span>t<\/span>he moun<\/span>t<\/span>ainous region known as Long Meadow, <\/span>t<\/span>he Serbian forces a<\/span>t<\/span>t<\/span>acked a convoy <\/span>con<\/span>t<\/span>aining<\/span> t<\/span>he A<\/span>sllani family. <\/span>T<\/span>his <\/span>t<\/span>ragic assaul<\/span>t<\/span> resul<\/span>t<\/span>ed in <\/span>t<\/span>he dea<\/span>t<\/span>hs of all 11 family members, including 8 children aged be<\/span>t<\/span>ween 6 mon<\/span>t<\/span>hs and 13 years, as cannonball grenades were fired a<\/span>t<\/span> t<\/span>heir <\/span>t<\/span>rac<\/span>t<\/span>or <\/span>t<\/span>railer. Addi<\/span>t<\/span>ionally, <\/span>t<\/span>hree individuals were injured in <\/span>t<\/span>he a<\/span>t<\/span>t<\/span>ack. On <\/span>t<\/span>he same day, <\/span>t<\/span>he Serbian army execu<\/span>t<\/span>ed an elderly man in <\/span>t<\/span>he village of <\/span>Ran<\/span>c<\/span>e. Major world media ou<\/span>t<\/span>le<\/span>t<\/span>s repor<\/span>t<\/span>ed on <\/span>t<\/span>his a<\/span>t<\/span>roci<\/span>t<\/span>y, <\/span>showcasing<\/span> shocking images of <\/span>t<\/span>he carnage. <\/span><\/span>(In <\/em><\/span>t<\/span>he pho<\/span>t<\/span>o: Asllani family ceme<\/span>t<\/span><\/em>ery<\/em>)<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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T<\/span>ex<\/span>t<\/span><\/strong>:<\/span><\/span> Encyclopedic Dic<\/span>t<\/span>ionary of<\/span> Kosovo – Vol. II<\/span><\/span>, Academy of Sciences and Ar<\/span>t<\/span>s of Kosovo, Prish<\/span>t<\/span>ina, 2018, page 1058.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Pho<\/span>t<\/span><\/strong>o<\/strong>: <\/span><\/span>© h<\/span>t<\/span>t<\/span>ps:\/\/insajderi.com\/23-vje<\/span>t<\/span>-nga-vrasja-e-11-ane<\/span>t<\/span>areve-<\/span>t<\/span>e-familjes-asllani\/<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Graphic<\/strong> processing<\/strong>: <\/span><\/span>AHCF<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the Long Livadh of the village of Grei\u00e7evc in the municipality of Suharek\u00eb, the “Ranca Massacre” took place, where Serbian military and police forces carried out a massacre against the civilian population.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3093,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ngjarje"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7850"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7850\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11442,"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7850\/revisions\/11442"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}