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Both these sentences look a bit suspect to me, particularly the first one: "Sheepie was the trainer for about 20 years until they deemed his training tactics to hard and inefficient.Ferriku is the actual commander of the unit." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A00:23C5:EE00:F01:B1BF:C060:A7CC:9070 ( talk) 13:45, 8 October 2019 (UTC)
The 2018 Kacifas case should be updated after instigation is concluded [1], in which it was established that the case was a suicide and not killed by the police forces. Bes-ART Talk 23:09, 23 December 2021 (UTC)
October 2018: RENEA forces eliminated the 35-year-old Greek Konstantinos Katsifas in the village of Bularat in Gjirokastër. He was a resident of the village and had helped organize the local commemoration for the anniversary of the Ohi Day; celebrating the Greek soldiers who died in the Greco-Italian War. [4] According to the Albanian authorities, it was Katsifas himself who opened fire on the police, prompting the RENEA forces to intervene; after a shootout, Katsifas was killed on the mountainside over Bularat. His death was criticized by the Greek Foreign Ministry, calling it "unacceptable". [5]
October 2018: During an operation by RENEA, the 35-year-old Greek Konstantinos Katsifas died on the mountainside over the village of Bularat, in Gjirokastër. He was a resident of the village, and had helped organize the local commemoration for the anniversary of the Ohi Day; celebrating the Greek soldiers who died in the Greco-Italian War. [4] His death was criticized by the Greek Foreign Ministry, calling it "unacceptable", and demanded a thorough investigation; Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama followed by describing Katsifas as an "extremist". [5] According to the Albanian authorities, Katsifas initially opened fire on the police, prompting the RENEA forces to later intervene. [4] The exact circumstances of his death are a matter of dispute. The judicial investigation of the case was assigned to the Prosecutor's Office in Gjirokastër. On 22 April and 13 September 2021, the Prosecutor's Office requested for the case to be closed, stating that Katsifas committed suicide; this was dismissed by the court of Gjirokastër, for failure of the Prosecutor's Office to provide sufficient evidence. [6] On 13 December 2021, the court accepted the request and closed the case. According to Albanian forensic experts, Katsifas committed suicide and died of two wounds to the chest, caused by contact shots; RENEA's initial admission that it killed Katsifas wasn't taken into account. [7] [8] A Greek forensic expert who examined the body concluded that Katsifas died of two wounds to the chest from a distance of approximately 25 meters. [9] The Public Prosecutor's Office in Athens also began its own investigation on 8 December 2019, due to Katsifas also being a Greek citizen. [10]
Kacifa, whose family hailed from the northwestern Greek town of Ioannina, was born and grew up in Bularat but had been living in Athens recently, according to reports. Photographs from social media show him dressed in military-style clothes, with a Greek flag patch on his arm. Reports have also suggested that he fostered extreme nationalist sympathies.[11]
Kacifas allegedly attacked Albanian police with a gun for the sake of the Greek irredentist cause in Southern Albania. Fervent anti-Albanian speeches were pronounced at his funeral, which took place on Albanian territory and was attended by many Greek politicians, and during the ceremony for the anniversary of his death in October 2019. Earlier in 2020, the leader of PBDNJ, Vangjel Dule still refused to take a clear position on Kacifa’s act and demanded to have more precise information on the circumstances of his death.AMADEU ANTONIO STIFTUNG Bes-ART Talk 10:13, 26 December 2021 (UTC)
This is meant to be a small paragraph summarizing the case, so naturally, some things are missing. But regarding the issues you mentioned.
There is a misunderstanding about his origin. Katsifas was born in Bularat, from where he and his family originated. In 1990, at the age of 7, he and his family (father, mother, and three sisters) migrated to Athens; like it happened with many Greeks from Albania. [12] At the time of his death, he was living between Athens, Ioannina, and his village of Bularat; in fact, during the last years of his life he worked in southern Albania as a metalworker. [13] The article you shared, which does indeed say that his family hailed form Ioannina, was published on 28 October 2018 (the day he died and received notability); thus, it falls under WP:AGE MATTERS and WP:RSBREAKING. Furthermore, the sources you shared don't say anything about his family being blocked in Albania in 1945; i am not saying it's false, but it lacks verifiability. In any case, since this is meant to be a small paragraph, the details concerning his residency could perhaps be omitted, along with the explanation of the Ohi Day in the same sentence (celebrating the Greek soldiers who died in the Greco-Italian War).
Regarding Katsifas allegedly being the first to open fire, it can be mentioned as you suggested above; i have no problem with that. But, we cannot attribute this action to "the Greek irredentist cause in Southern Albania". Even the source you shared says "allegedly", and there are other sources stating that Katsifas fired the gun because he had previously quarreled with a local police officer. Both views can be included with in-text attribution. Demetrios1993 ( talk) 16:00, 26 December 2021 (UTC)
"for the sake of the Greek irredentist cause in Southern Albania". In the second source you send I believe that it says that he spent a large part of his daily life in Greece. Maybe that detail is redundant but I also haven't found sources which refute the source about his origins from Ioannina. To make it simpler we could remove the sentence about his connection to Bularat and only mention that he was in the village on October 28 for the Ohi day without calling him a resident of Bularat. This is because the term "resident" has a certain definition, for example by law, everywhere in Europe is considered someone who lives over 3 months in that country [3] Bes-ART Talk 08:11, 4 January 2022 (UTC)
October 2018: During an operation by RENEA, the 35-year-old Greek Konstantinos Katsifas died on the mountainside over the village of Bularat, in Gjirokastër. He had helped organize the local commemoration for the anniversary of the Ohi Day on 28 October. [4] His death was criticized by the Greek Foreign Ministry, calling it "unacceptable", and demanded a thorough investigation; Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama followed by describing Katsifas as an "extremist". [5] Katsifas allegedly opened fire on the Albanian police with an AK-47, prompting the RENEA forces to later intervene; [4] [14] [15] it is reported that the reason he initially attacked, was either "for the sake of the Greek irredentist cause in Southern Albania", [15] or because he had previously quarreled with a local police officer. [14] The exact circumstances of his death are a matter of dispute. The judicial investigation of the case was assigned to the Prosecutor's Office in Gjirokastër. On 22 April and 13 September 2021, the Prosecutor's Office requested for the case to be closed, stating that Katsifas committed suicide; this was dismissed by the court of Gjirokastër, for failure of the Prosecutor's Office to provide sufficient evidence. [16] On 13 December 2021, the court accepted the request and closed the case. According to Albanian forensic experts, Katsifas committed suicide and died of two wounds to the chest, caused by contact shots; RENEA's initial admission that it killed Katsifas wasn't taken into account. [17] [18] A Greek forensic expert who examined the body concluded that Katsifas died of two wounds to the chest from a distance of approximately 25 meters. [19] The Public Prosecutor's Office in Athens also began its own investigation on 8 December 2019, due to Katsifas also being a Greek citizen. [20]
Ok, i will update the article. If any new relevant information arises, we can discuss it again here. Demetrios1993 ( talk) 04:34, 6 January 2022 (UTC)
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