Ioannis Poutetsis ( el, Ιωάννης Πουτέτσης, 1878–1912) was a

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revolutionary leader from the region of

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, in the early 20th century. Poutetsis was born in the village of Stegopul ( Lunxhëri), near

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. From September 1908 he became the leader of one of the most notable Greek guerrilla groups that operated in the area of

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before the outbreak of the imminent

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(1912–1913), adopting the

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''Vorgias''.M. V. Sakellario
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, 1997. . p 361 He used the monastery of Saint Paraskevi near the village of Pramanta as his base of operations and fought several skirmishes against

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detachments. On September 26, 1912, his group was defeated near

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in a battle against Albanian groups and an Ottoman detachment, and Poutetsis was killed.

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