Sector B of the Ground Security Zone by 31 May 2001. Qazimi was killed only three days later, on 24 May 2001, during a conflict between the UCPMB and the Yugoslav forces near Veliki Trnovac, which lasted from 11:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. He was killed by a sniper. The journalists were told that day in the Press Center of the Coordination Body for the municipalities of Bujanovac, Preševo and Medveđa that it was, in fact, an accident and that Qazimi and other members of UCPMB were shot because, according to an earlier agreement, they were not supposed to be there while the Yugoslav Forces were entering the Ground Security Zone. The then president of the Coordination Body, Nebojsa Čović, expressed regret over this event, which he repeated several times later. Legacy After the conflict, at the entrance to Veliki Trnovac, local Albanians erected a monument to him in 2002. He is highly respected by Albanians in southern Serbia, and a four-day manifestation, "Commander Lleshi"s Days", is held in his honor every year. He also got his own museum, which opened on 26 November 2012 in Veliki Trnovac. It was built by local Albanians with the help of the Albanian diaspora. It exhibits Captain Leshi's personal belongings - photographs, uniform, weapons as well as the jeep in which he was killed. References 1964 births People from Bujanovac 2001 deaths Albanian nationalists in Kosovo Deaths by firearm in Serbia Guerrillas killed in action Kosovan revolutionaries Kosovan independence activists