Spiro Bellkameni
Spiro Bellkameni (1885-1912) was an Albanian military commander and activist of the Albanian National Awakening. He led one of the most important bands during the Albanian revolts of the 1900-1910s.[1]
Life
Born in Bellkamen, in the Manastir Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire in 1885 he was a close associate of Themistokli Gërmenji and Mihal Grameno. In 1906 he was a member of Bajo Topulli's band that assassinated the Pontic Greek bishop of Korçë Photios as retribution for the assassination of Kristo Negovani, which was instigated by Photios.[2][3] During the Albanian Revolt of 1911 he defeated an Ottoman contingent in Mali i Thatë.[4] He was assassinated by Ottoman agents under orders from the pro-Ottoman commander of Neveska Abdurraman Dibra in October 1912.
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