Besarta Jashari

Besarta Jashari
Born
Prekaz, Skenderaj, SAP Kosovo, SFR Yugoslavia (now Kosovo)
Known forSole survivor inside the Attack on Prekaz; eyewitness testimony featured by the BBC
RelativesHamëz Jashari (father) · Adem Jashari (uncle) · Rifat Jashari (uncle) · Bekim Jashari (brother) · Bashkim Jashari (cousin)

Besarta Jashari is a Kosovar Albanian survivor and eyewitness of the Attack on Prekaz (5–7 March 1998), during which Serbian special police and Yugoslav forces besieged the Jashari family compound in the village of Prekaz. International outlets and human-rights organizations describe the assault as a pivotal event of the Kosovo conflict; Besarta was the only person to survive inside the house of her grandfather Shaban Jashari.

Her account of the siege was featured by the BBC’s Witness History, which presented her as the sole surviving child from inside the compound. BIRN/Prishtina Insight has profiled the preservation of Jashari family artefacts and commemorations that reference her survival and testimony.

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