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==Assassination attempts== About 600 [[Gjakmarrja|blood feud]]s reportedly existed against Zog,<ref name="gunther1940">{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.149663/2015.149663.Inside-Europe#page/n489/mode/2up | title=Inside Europe | publisher=Harper & Brothers | author=Gunther, John | year=1940 | pages=468}}</ref> and during his reign he reputedly survived more than 55 assassination attempts.<ref name=Vickers>{{cite book|last=Vickers|first=Miranda|title=The Albanians: a modern history |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IzI0uOZ2j6gC&q=Aziz+Cami+1931&pg=PA131|year=2001|publisher=IB Tauris|isbn=1860645410|page=131}}</ref> One of these occurred inside the corridors of the Albanian Parliament premises on 23 February 1924. [[Beqir Valteri]], originating from the same area as Zog,<ref name="Vllamasi">{{citation| chapter-url=http://www.mnvr.org/ballafaqime-politike-ne-shqiperi-1897-1942-kapitulli-ix/| chapter=IX| author=Sejfi Vllamasi| author-link=Sejfi Vllamasi| title=Ballafaqime politike nĂ« ShqipĂ«ri (1897â1942): kujtime dhe vlerĂ«sime historike| publisher=ShtĂ«pia Botuese "Neraida| year=2000| editor=Marenglen Verli| isbn=9992771313| quote=Ky i fundit paska qĂ«nĂ« njĂ« djalosh 17-vjeçar, Beqir Valteri, nga fshati Vinjall i Matit, tĂ« cilin Zogu e paska ndihmuar duke e dĂ«rguar nĂ« Itali pĂ«r tĂ« studjuar.| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140220101107/http://www.mnvr.org/ballafaqime-politike-ne-shqiperi-1897-1942-kapitulli-ix/| archive-date=20 February 2014}}</ref><ref>{{citation| title=Diplomacia e Mbretit Zogu I-rĂ« (1912â1939)| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KJi4AAAAIAAJ&q=beqir+valteri| author=Ilir Ushtulenca|publisher=ShtĂ«pia Botuese "Ermir"| year=1997|page=45|oclc=39444050| quote=...Beqir Valteri, student nga Mati...[Beqir Valteri, e student from Mat]}}</ref> was waiting for him and opened fire suddenly.<ref>{{citation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8rFDAQAAIAAJ&q=king+zog++beqir+valteri| author=Fan Noli|title=Vepra tĂ« plota: Autobiografia| page=91| publisher=Rilindija| year=1968|oclc=38785427}}</ref> Zog was shot twice. Meanwhile, Valteri fled but, surrounded by the militia, took refuge in one of the bathrooms, refusing to surrender and singing patriotic songs. According to the memoirs of [[Ekrem Vlora]],<ref name="MAPO"/> he surrendered after the intervention of [[Qazim Koculi]] and [[Ali Klissura]]. Zog stepped down briefly from political activity,<ref>{{citation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dxpS_k-QMd4C&q=ahmet+zogu+assassination+attempts&pg=PA60| author=Linda MĂ«niku, HĂ©ctor Campos| title=Discovering Albanian I Textbook| page=60| publisher=University of Wisconsin Press| year=2011|isbn=978-0299250843}}</ref> but promised to forgive Valteri. Valteri, a member of the revolutionary ''Bashkimi'' ("The union") committee led by [[Avni Rustemi]],<ref>{{citation| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vpIFsca3lKYC&q=beqir+valteri&pg=PA114| author=Michael Schmidt-Neke| page=114| title=Entstehung und Ausbau der Königsdiktatur in Albanien (1912â1939)|series=Regierungsbildungen, Herrschaftsweise und Machteliten in einem jungen Balkanstaat| publisher=Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag| date=1987|isbn=978-3486543216}}</ref> was set free by the Court of Tirana after declaring that it was an individual act.<ref>{{citation| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iY88AAAAIAAJ&q=beqir+valteri| volume=15â16| title=Untersuchungen zur Gegenwartskunde SĂŒdosteuropas| publisher=Oldenbourg| author=Dorothea Kiefer| year=1957| page=358| isbn=978-3486496017|oclc= 1607360|issn=0566-2761}}</ref> Meanwhile, all rumors pointed to the opposition, specifically to Rustemi. Two weeks later Zog and Valteri would meet in private. Soon after, Rustemi would be assassinated.<ref name="MAPO">{{citation |author=Blendi Fevziu |title=Si e pushkatuan komunistĂ«t atentatorin e Ahmet Zogut |date=2012-10-30 |url=http://mapo.al/2012/10/30/vjen-100-vjet-i-fevziut-si-e-pushkatuan-komunistet-atentatorin-e-ahmet-zogut/ |trans-title=How the gunman who shot Ahmet Zogu was executed by the communists |access-date=26 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202105806/http://mapo.al/2012/10/30/vjen-100-vjet-i-fevziut-si-e-pushkatuan-komunistet-atentatorin-e-ahmet-zogut/ |url-status=dead |publisher=Gazeta MAPO |language=sq |quote=MĂ« 23 Shkurt 1924, gati tĂ« gjithĂ« ne deputetĂ«t, thuajse kishim zĂ«nĂ« vendet tona pĂ«r seancĂ«n e pasdites tĂ« AsamblesĂ«. Mungonte vetĂ«m Qeveria, pra edhe Kryeministri Ahmet Zogu. UnĂ« rrija si gjithmonĂ« pranĂ« metropolitit Fan Noli, nĂ« bankĂ«n e radhĂ«s sĂ« parĂ« pranĂ« hyrjes. MĂ« ra nĂ« sy se atĂ« ditĂ«, grupi i PartisĂ« Demokratike prapa meje po rrinte çuditĂ«risht i heshtur dhe i merakosur. Befas ushtuan dy krisma nĂ« shkallĂ«t e ndĂ«rtesĂ«s, qĂ« u pasuan nga njĂ« qetĂ«si e ngrirĂ«. Pastaj u hapĂ«n me vrull dyert e sallĂ«s dhe brenda hyri Ahmet Zogu me revolver nĂ« dorĂ«. Ai ishte prerĂ« nĂ« fytyrĂ«, por ecte me shtatin drejt dhe pas disa çastesh e mori veten, madje buzĂ«qeshi dhe vajti me çap tĂ« sigurt tek bangoja e qeverisĂ«, ku u ul nĂ« njĂ« vend tĂ« caktuar pĂ«r sekretarĂ«t...<br>Ahmet Zogu qĂ« ishte paralajmĂ«ruar pĂ«r atentatin 2 javĂ« mĂ« parĂ« arriti tĂ« mĂ«sonte se Valteri ishte i shtyrĂ« nga kundĂ«rshtarĂ«t e tij. Kujtimet e shumĂ« protagonistĂ«ve tĂ« kohĂ«s, shĂ«nojnĂ« faktin qĂ« ai u takua edhe vetĂ« kokĂ« mĂ« kokĂ« me atentatorin. NĂ« fakt atentati i Zogut pĂ«rflitej nĂ« çdo kafene tĂ« TiranĂ«s dhe njerĂ«zit e tij, vunĂ« gishtin mbi Avni Rustemin si organizator. |archive-date=2 February 2014}}</ref> Another attempt occurred on 20 February 1931, while Zog was visiting the [[Vienna State Opera]] house for a performance of ''[[Pagliacci]]''.<ref name="Shaw"/> The attackers ([[Aziz Ăami]] and [[Ndok Gjeloshi]]) struck whilst Zog was getting into his car. The attempt was organized by "National Union" ({{langx|sq|Bashkimi KombĂ«tar"}}),<ref name="Ushtelenca">{{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KJi4AAAAIAAJ&q=qazim+mulleti| author=Ilir Ushtelenca| title=Diplomacia e Mbretit Zogu I-rĂ« (1912â1939)| year=1997| oclc= 39444050| publisher=ShtĂ«pia Botuese "Ermir"| pages=219â220}}</ref> a union of Zog opponents in exile which was formed in Vienna (1925) with the initiative of [[Ali KĂ«lcyra]], [[Sejfi Vllamasi]], [[Xhemal Bushati]] etc.<ref name="Andoni">{{citation| language=sq| access-date=31 December 2013| url=http://www.revistajava.al/dossier/2012521/qazim-mulleti-antizogisti-qe-u-sherbeu-fashisteve| author=Ben Andoni| title=Qazim Mulleti â Antizogisti qĂ« u shĂ«rbeu fashistĂ«ve| trans-title=Qazim Mulleti, the anti-Zogist who served the Fascists| date=2012-05-21| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140101072654/http://www.revistajava.al/dossier/2012521/qazim-mulleti-antizogisti-qe-u-sherbeu-fashisteve| archive-date=1 January 2014}}</ref> Zog was in the company of Minister [[Eqrem Libohova]], who was wounded, while Zog's guard Llesh Topallaj was mistaken for Zog by Gjeloshi, and shot three times in the back of the head. Ăami's gun was stuck and did not fire. Zog came out of the event unharmed, thanks also to the prompt intervention of Albanian Consul Zef Serreqi and local police.<ref name=Vickers/> The Austrian authorities arrested Ăami, Gjeloshi, and later [[Qazim Mulleti]], [[Rexhep Mitrovica]], [[Menduh Angoni]], [[Angjelin Suma]], Luigj Shkurti, [[Sejfi Vllamasi]], etc.<ref name=Vickers/><ref>{{cite web |language=sq| access-date=31 December 2013| url=http://www.balkanweb.com/gazetav5/artikull.php?id=121221| publisher=Gazeta Shqiptare| author=Fatos Veliu| date=8 September 2012| title=Tanush Mulleti: Qazimi ishte pjesĂ«marrĂ«s nĂ« atentatin kundĂ«r Zogut nĂ« VjenĂ«| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140101233618/http://www.balkanweb.com/gazetav5/artikull.php?id=121221| archive-date=1 January 2014}}</ref> All the Albanian political ''Ă©migrĂ©s'' in Vienna were subsequently arrested, beside [[Hasan Prishtina]]. Most of them were quickly released and expelled from Austria. Gjeloshi was sentenced to 3 years and 6 months of jail, while Ăami got 2 years and 6 months.<ref name="Vllamasi2">{{citation| chapter-url=http://www.mnvr.org/ballafaqime-politike-ne-shqiperi-1897-1942-kapitulli-ix/| chapter=IX| author=Sejfi Vllamasi| author-link=Sejfi Vllamasi| title=Ballafaqime politike nĂ« ShqipĂ«ri (1897â1942): kujtime dhe vlerĂ«sime historike| publisher=ShtĂ«pia Botuese "Neraida"| year=2000| isbn=9992771313| editor=Marenglen Verli| quote=Me gjithĂ« kĂ«to fakte, hetuesia mĂ« 28 prill 1931 vendosi pĂ«r ndalim gjyqi dhe na liroi, kurse nĂ« muajin korrik, liroi me po atĂ« mĂ«nyrĂ« Angjelin SumĂ«n dhe Qazim Mulletin. Por, ndĂ«rkohĂ«, policia na dĂ«boi nga Vjena, me kusht qĂ« tĂ« mos kemi tĂ« drejtĂ« edhe njĂ« herĂ« tĂ« hyjmĂ« nĂ« Austri.<br> PĂ«r atĂ« arĂ«sye, qeveria e VjenĂ«s, pĂ«r tâi bĂ«rĂ« njĂ« kompliment ItalisĂ«, vendosi ta bĂ«jĂ« gjyqin nĂ« njĂ« vend tĂ« vogĂ«l, ku populli ka qĂ«nĂ« katolik fetar, pasues i PartisĂ« Popullore; nga ana tjetĂ«r, pĂ«r tâu bĂ«rĂ« qejfin emigrantĂ«ve politikĂ«, neve na liroi, me ndalim gjyqi, Gjyqi Ndok Gjeloshin e dĂ«noi me tre vjet e gjysmĂ« privim lirie dhe Azis Ăamin me dy vjet e gjysmĂ«.| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140220101107/http://www.mnvr.org/ballafaqime-politike-ne-shqiperi-1897-1942-kapitulli-ix/| archive-date=20 February 2014}}</ref>
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