In Albania, there is still a vendetta - 20,000 men live in constant fear of death

Each year thousands die lyudey



Vendetta - a feud usually between families or clans, when a man from the enemy clan had killed some of your own, you have the right to kill in response to some of his relatives. In other words, you take the law into their own hands.

Unfortunately, even in our enlightened era vendetta still exists. For example, in rural areas of Albania's blood feuds today is thriving, although some time people have forgotten about it for 40 years after the communists his order. Now more than 5,500 Albanian families practicing vendetta.

About 20 million men and boys because of the cruel custom of living in constant fear of death: since 1992, the year because of the blood feud were killed, at least 10 thousand Albanian citizens.

Mutual vendetta can often lead to further killing and revenge in the end results in a full-fledged war, which may result in the death of all members of both families. The root cause is often forgotten, and the war goes on, simply because families allegedly "centuries" at odds with each other.

via factroom.ru

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