On January 19, 1878, 40 Albanian deserters retreating from the Ottoman army broke into the house of elder Taško, a serf, in the Bujanovac region, tied up the males and raped his two daughters and two daughters-in-law,[12] then proceeded to loot the house and left the village.[2] Taško armed himself and persuaded the village to retaliate, tracing them in the snow and multiplying in numbers.[13] The Albanian deserters were dispersed, drunk, and were intercepted first at Lukarce, where 6 of them were beaten to death.[13] They killed all of them.[12]