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Biography
Zahir Pajaziti (born Orllan/Orlane, Socialist Autonomous Province of Kosovo, Socialist Republic of Serbia, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1962, died in Vučitrn/Vushtrri, Autonomous Province of Kosovo, Republic of Serbia, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1997) was a commander of the Kosovo Liberation Army.He was the first Commander of KLA, known as "First Gun of Freedom" .
History
In 2008, the president of Kosovo, Fatmir Sejdiu, declared Pajaziti a Hero of Kosovo.
After the breakup of Yugoslavia in 1992, he remained in Kosovo while warfare raged in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. In 1997, he joined the Kosovo Liberation Army. Later that year, he was killed in a gunfight in Vushtrri with the Yugoslav army.
He is commemorated by a statue in Pristina.