[10] During the Invasion of Yugoslavia in April 1941 Albanian volunteers put themselves at disposal of general Eberhard, the commander of German 60th Infantry division.
[14][15][16]According to Smilja Avramov, in June 1941 massacres of the Serbian population in Kosovo and Metohija took on an organized character as the Vulnetari were established.
[19] Ram Alija, from Istok, commanded Vulnetari forces that burned Serbian villages and murdered people in Ibarski Kolašin and Metohija.
[20] During one attack, the forces of Bislim Bajgora, helped by Vulnetari from Drenica led by Idriz Rexha, burned 22 villages and murdered 150 Serbs.
[21] In mid-July 1941, communication was lost between the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia (CK KPJ) and the neighbouring party organizations in Montenegro and Serbia; the regional committee of the KPJ for Kosovo and Metohija tried to reestablish communication on several occasions and began to move new fighters from their region into Montenegro and Serbia.
[22] Thousands of Vulnetari and gendarmes commanded by Bislim Bajgora and Šaban Poluža attacked Ibarski Kolašin on 30 September 1941.
[26] On 17 October 1941, the village of Dobruša, near Peć, was attacked by Vulnetari forces consisting of militiamen from Istok, Drenica and Đakovica.
[38][36] Sali Rama, Žuk Adžija, and several outlaws under their command were arrested and sentenced to prison after World War II.
[clarification needed][41] In 2010, the Macedonian Albanians political party New Democracy proposed for a monument of Xhem Hasa to be built in Gostivar.
У два покушаја да се пробију до Дрне Горе и успоставе везу са тамошњом организацијом КПЈ погинуло je више од двадесет комуниста из Метохије.
Њих су побили „вулнетари" (добровољци) Албанци „чувајући" границу „Велике Албаније" од „Црногораца-партизана и комуниста".Više hiljada vulnetara i žandarma pod komandom Bislima Bajgore i Šabana Poluže napali su Ibarski Kolašin 30. septembra.
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За врло кратко време мобилисао je у Пологу 3.000 - 4.000 људи под оружјем, док je у кичевском крају имао око 2.000 наоружаних балиста и вулнетара под вођством Мефаила;Пошто се Авдиљ Дура јануара 1945 предао са око стотину својих одметника...