 While in Albania , he was arrested in 1993 by the government of Sali Berisha and sent to jail in Tirana before being released alongside other Kosovo Albanian militants at the demand of the Albanian Army . With the Yugoslav forces now considering Prekaz a " no @-@ go " area , Jashari launched several attacks over the next several years . These targeted the Yugoslav Army ( VJ ) and Serbian police in Kosovo . Jashari was convicted of terrorism in absentia by a Yugoslav court on 11 July 1997 . Human Rights Watch subsequently described the trial , in which fourteen other Kosovo Albanians were also convicted , as " [ failing ] to conform to international standards . " Pursuing Jashari for the murder of a Serb policeman , Yugoslav forces again attempted to assault the Jashari compound in Prekaz on 22 January 1998 . With Jashari not present , thousands of Kosovo Albanians descended on Prekaz and again succeeded in pushing the Serbs out of the village and its surroundings . The next month , a small unit of the KLA ambushed Serbian policemen . Four Serbs were killed and two were injured in the ensuing clashes . At dawn on 5 March 1998 , the KLA launched an attack against a police patrol in Prekaz . 
