 Beginning in 1991 , Jashari participated in attacks against the Serbian police before travelling to Albania to receive military training . Arrested in 1993 , he was released at the behest of the Albanian Army and later returned to Kosovo , where he continued launching attacks against the Yugoslav establishment . In July 1997 , he was convicted of terrorism in absentia by a Yugoslav court . After several unsuccessful attempts to capture or kill him , Serbian police launched an attack against Jashari 's home in Prekaz in March 1998 . The battle that followed resulted in the deaths of 58 members of Jashari 's family , including that of Jashari and his wife and son . 
