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The Sunday Feature: Albania's Children of Blood Feuds

ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s Andrew Hosken visits a 13 year old boy under threat of death from a centuries old tradition of taking revenge that still persists in High Albania

Albanian teacher Liljana Luani takes ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s Andrew Hosken to visit one of her pupils in an isolated corner of High Albania. 13 year old Niko is under threat of death because of a family blood feud that began before he was even born. Dozens of families in the northern Shkodra region live in virtual self-imposed house arrest in fear of their lives from a centuries old tradition of taking revenge that still persists.
(Image: Teacher Liljana Luani with her pupil, Niko Credit:ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½)

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