Murder of mother with three children in Shkodra/ Prosecution concludes investigations, charges against Erdgys Arraz

2025-02-03 10:23:00, Kronika CNA

Murder of mother with three children in Shkodra/ Prosecution concludes

The Shkodra Prosecution Office has completed the investigations into the suicide of citizen Alma Arrazi, who drowned in the waters of the Buna River along with her three children. The prosecution has requested 6 years in prison for citizen Erdgys Arrazi on the charge of causing the suicide of his wife Alma Arrazi, who in May of last year chose to commit suicide in the river, causing the deaths of her three children with whom she jumped into the river.

The prosecution has requested that the sentence be reduced to 4 years because Arrazi accepted the summary trial. According to the Erdgys prosecution, Arrazi committed acts that discredited the dignity of Alma Arrazi, forcing her to commit suicide and kill her three children.

Regarding the minors, the prosecution has registered a charge of murder due to the special quality of the victim, while it has been ruled out that there were other people involved. For this reason, this charge has been dismissed by the prosecution, as according to the investigation, it has resulted that the perpetrator of the murder of the three children is their mother, who decided to end her life together with her three little ones.

Due to the death of the mother, this second charge has been dismissed by the Shkodra prosecution. After the completion of the investigations by the prosecution and the request for 6 years in prison for Erdgys Arrazin reduced to 4 years due to the summary trial, the lawyers are expected to present their defense and after the defense, the first instance court in Shkodra is expected to give its decision regarding this serious event.

On May 5th of last year, Alma Arrazi and her three children jumped into the waters of the Buna River in Shkodra, ending their lives. Three days after they drowned, a fisherman accidentally found the body of one of the children. Then it took the arrival of the RENEA forces from Tirana who, after several days of searching, managed to find the other bodies of the mother and two other children drowned in the water in different places. After this serious incident, the police arrested the victim's husband and the father of the three children. Arrazi had previously denied that he was the cause of his wife's suicide and consequently of the three minor children, saying that the suspicions and accusations that he had mistreated and psychologically or physically abused Alma Arrazi were untrue, but later the suspect accepted the summary trial.

Despite these allegations, at the end of the investigation, the prosecution found the 32-year-old guilty of the criminal offense of causing suicide, requesting 6 years in prison in the Shkodra court, but reducing it by two years due to the summary trial. It is now expected what the decision of the first instance court in Shkodra will be after the completion of the investigation by the prosecution and the defense that will be presented by the lawyers./ CNA