▁order ▁to ▁protect ▁the ▁" def ens eless ▁population ▁against ▁an ▁army ▁with ▁a ▁state " ▁referring ▁to ▁how ▁the ▁Alban ians ▁did ▁not ▁resist ▁the ▁inv ading ▁Ser b ▁forces ▁but ▁were , ▁despite ▁their ▁co operation , ▁mass ac red . ▁He ▁mentions ▁how ▁Ser b ▁soldiers , ▁in ▁the ▁village ▁of ▁K uman ovo , ▁set ▁fire ▁to ▁houses , ▁and ▁sm oked ▁the ▁inhabitants ▁out ▁and ▁then ▁shooting ▁them . ▁The ▁reports ▁include ▁descri ptions ▁of ▁how ▁Catholic ▁Alban ians ▁and ▁pri ests ▁were ▁murder ed ▁by ▁the ▁Ser b ▁arm ies ▁and ▁how ▁the ▁Ser bian ▁Orth odox ▁Church ▁viol ently ▁converted ▁Alban ian ▁C athol ics ▁to ▁Orth odox ism . ▁In ▁Alban ia , ▁many ▁Catholic ▁churches ▁were ▁ro bb ed , ▁including ▁Orth odox ▁ones . ▁Manh un ts ▁were ▁carried ▁out ▁by ▁Ser b ▁officers ▁who ▁killed ▁many ▁Alban ians , ▁and ▁houses ▁and ▁whole ▁villages ▁were ▁burn ed ▁down ▁with ▁the ▁inhabitants ▁being ▁burn ed ▁alive ▁or ▁shot ▁down ▁as ▁they ▁fled . ▁Much ▁of ▁the ▁food ▁was ▁st olen ▁by ▁the ▁Ser b ▁soldiers ▁from ▁the ▁Alban ian ▁vill agers , ▁leading ▁to ▁star v ation ▁and ▁disease . ▁ ▁Freund lich ▁writes ▁of ▁the ▁bo ast ing ▁from ▁the ▁Ser bian ▁officers , ▁explaining ▁how ▁they ▁ro bb ed ▁houses ▁and ▁mass ac red ▁the ▁Alban ian ▁population ▁wherever ▁they ▁went . ▁Other ▁regions ▁were ▁attacked ▁as ▁well , ▁such ▁as ▁L uma ▁region , ▁where ▁the ▁men ▁were ▁burn ed