Lapaj: Candidate was threatened with a gun/ Police: It was a toy, the person with mental health problems

2025-05-05 22:33:00, Aktualitet CNA

Lapaj: Candidate was threatened with a gun/ Police: It was a toy, the person

Today Adriatik Lapaj denounced that a person had threatened the candidate of the Albania Becomes movement, Valbona Myhedi, with a gun.

"A few minutes ago, an armed person in Durrës threatened our candidate Valbona Myhedi and the activists accompanying her with a weapon, while she was holding meetings with citizens in neighborhood no. 8, near the "Eftali Koçi" school."

Valbona Myhedin, an American citizen, has faced a cowardly act of intimidation that will not go unnoticed.

We call on the State Police to act immediately, while we will inform the American Embassy. The one who pointed the gun at the two women will be held accountable before the law! Our journey does not stop! May 11 is near! P.S. the person in the video is the one who committed this despicable act," Lapaj writes.

After this denunciation, the Durrës police reacted, saying that they had made it possible to identify the person and continued checks to locate and capture him.

As a result of the immediate response and intensive field checks, at around 21:15, the Police services made it possible to locate, arrest and escort to the premises of the Durrës DVP citizen AB, 45 years old, resident of Durrës. During the physical check, a plastic pistol (toy) was found on this citizen, which the 45-year-old was carrying in his belt and is suspected of having lifted his jacket to show it to citizen VM in order to threaten him.

From the verifications carried out, it results that the 45-year-old suffers from mental health problems and is registered and identified by the psychiatric service.

"Regarding a statement made public on social networks by citizen AL, leader of the political entity "Albania Becomes", that an armed person in Durrës threatened with a weapon the candidate for deputy of this entity, Ms. VM, and the activists who accompanied her, while she was holding meetings with citizens in neighborhood no. 8, we clarify that:

The structures of the Durrës Local Police Directorate, as soon as they were informed of the public denunciation made by Mr. AL, immediately began work to verify the case.

Police services, during field operations, have made it possible to identify the person and have continued checks to locate and capture him.

Meanwhile, the candidate for deputy, Ms. VM, has appeared at the Durrës Local Police Directorate to file a report.

As a result of the immediate response and intensive field checks, at around 21:15, the Police services made it possible to locate, arrest and escort to the premises of the Durrës DVP citizen AB, 45 years old, resident of Durrës. During the physical check, a plastic pistol (toy) was found on this citizen, which the 45-year-old was carrying in his belt and is suspected of having lifted his jacket to show it to citizen VM in order to threaten him.

From the verifications carried out, it results that the 45-year-old suffers from mental health problems and is registered and identified by the psychiatric service.

Under the direction of the Prosecutor's Office, procedural actions against him continue.

"The Durrës Local Police Directorate assures citizens and political entities that the Police services are fully committed to guaranteeing order and security throughout the electoral process, equidistant from political entities and only in the service of the law," the police announced./ CNA