1. Lavdrim Muhaxheri appeared in several propaganda videos, calling Albanians to join jihad, and uploaded photographs of himself appearing to decapitate a man, as well as a video where he kills a captive with a rocket.
20 Facts About Lavdrim Muhaxheri
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On 8 June 2017, without providing further details, Lavdrim Muhaxheri's death was announced by his family and police in Kosovo.
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Lavdrim Muhaxheri, a Kosovo Albanian Muslim, was born on 12 March 1989 or 3 December 1989 or ca.
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Lavdrim Muhaxheri worked at Kosovo Force camp "Camp Bondsteel" in Ferizaj until 2010, when he was promoted to a NATO training camp in Afghanistan.
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Lavdrim Muhaxheri served with NATO at a training camp in Afghanistan between 2010 and 2012, then returned to Kosovo.
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Lavdrim Muhaxheri's friends told media that he had not been radical prior to joining the Islamist associations.
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Lavdrim Muhaxheri claimed in Facebook posts at the time that he controlled the appointment of the imam at the Kacanik Mosque, the center of a conflict between radicals and traditional locals.
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Lavdrim Muhaxheri threatened to kill people who criticized Kosovo Albanians going to Syria to fight.
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Lavdrim Muhaxheri returned to Kosovo in 2013, and was present at the 2013 Ramadan festival, as part of the Islamic Community of Kosova, in Kacanik, as evidenced by photographs.
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Lavdrim Muhaxheri then returned to Syria the same year, becoming a mujahideen leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, directly reporting to IS caliph Abu al-Baghdadi, leading a platoon of ethnic Albanian fighters.
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Lavdrim Muhaxheri was a link between the IS and ethnic Albanians in Albania, Kosovo, and Macedonia.
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Lavdrim Muhaxheri was described as an "intelligent and an experienced military strategist".
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In October 2013, Lavdrim Muhaxheri appeared in a video calling Albanians to join their fight.
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On 29 July 2014, Lavdrim Muhaxheri uploaded photos to a Facebook page where he is seen beheading an unidentified young man in Syria.
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On 18 August 2014, Iraqi Kurdish media channel KNNC reported that Lavdrim Muhaxheri had been killed and published photos allegedly showing his dead body.
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Lavdrim Muhaxheri's actions prompted a new law prohibiting the teaching of Wahhabism in Kosovo.
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Lavdrim Muhaxheri was last reported to be in Syria in 2015.
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On 29 August 2015, an IS propaganda video promoting the new currency was published, in which Lavdrim Muhaxheri is seen handling golden coins.
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Several ethnic Albanian jihadists living in Italy, with connections to Lavdrim Muhaxheri, were arrested by Italian police in November 2015.
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On 8 June 2017, Kosovo police and his family said that Lavdrim Muhaxheri was killed in Syria without providing further details.