The year 2024 would start "bloody". Many of these assassinations have the same dynamics.
Initially, the target is followed for several days, the perpetrators come by motorcycle or car and open fire, and in the end, the perpetrators' vehicle is found burnt.
Also, there have been several crimes in the family, which have shocked public opinion.
At the end of 2024, CNA is bringing a year's worth of assassinations and murders.
41-year-old Bedrie Loka poisoned herself on the morning of January 2, 2024 by drinking photoxine. Initially, it was reported that Bedrie Loka had ended her life because they had opened an address on the social network "Tik Tok", where they insulted her and posted various photos, with the aim of denigrating her.
The account on this network was suspected to have been opened by her sister-in-law, then it was alluded to by her work friends, where she worked in a fashion store, but then the attention was turned to her husband, Xhemal Loka, who was arrested by the police.
His children stated that he physically and psychologically abused the deceased, while Xhemal Loka himself denied these accusations in court.
The investigations revealed that the 45-year-old man used psychological violence against the mother of 4 children and in one case tried to kill her with a knife.
On the morning of January 4, the capital was shocked by a family crime, where the brother killed the brother in the area of ??Fresko and then himself with the same weapon. ( Read here )
63-year-old Vehap Cami went to the house of his brother Lulzim Cami and shot him with a gun in front of other family members. He then pointed the gun at himself and ended his own life. The cause of the incident is suspected to be a property dispute in Bulqiza.
Gëzim Sinomati was killed by a sniper's bullet in the head on the evening of January 7, he had just gone out to smoke a cigarette on the balcony of his house, in the "Hajro Çakërri" neighborhood of Vlora. The aggressors 5 minutes later burned the car, in the back seat of which a concrete block was found, which allegedly served as a holder for the crime weapon.
In the "Hajro Çakerri" neighborhood, at the time of the murder, there was no electricity for 10 minutes. The victim is the son of Sokol Sinomataj, otherwise known as "Buzëderri", who is in prison. The crime has not yet been fully solved.
In the afternoon of January 9, a 50-year-old Albanian shot dead his brother-in-law, the woman's 33-year-old brother. It was the Albanian himself who called the authorities and confessed to the crime
He surrendered to the police and stated that he killed his brother-in-law because he had sexually abused his daughter from his first marriage. ( Read here )
The 18-year-old girl had told her father that her stepbrother sexually abused her since the age of 9 and had been blackmailing her for some time by publishing video materials and photos in exchange for money. The Albanian was released by the Greek court a few days after the crime.
In the late hours of January 12, at the Selita Circle in Tirana, Zamir Kalemi was assassinated. The 40-year-old was traveling with his Smart vehicle, when people in the car shot at him with a Kalashnikov.
From the shooting, he was injured, while the perpetrators burned the vehicle in Bërxhitë after the incident. This attack is suspected to be related to the saga of the murders of Aleksandër Sadikaj and Edmond Papa.
Kalemi is Sadikaj's cousin, also known as 'Sanço', and the brother of Andrea Kalemi, who is suspected of being involved in the murder of businessman Edmond Papa.
On January 21, in the village of Vig in Burrel, the 63-year-old IM killed the citizen PK with a shotgun. The perpetrator confessed to the crime and surrendered.
The reason for the murder was revenge, as the perpetrator had early conflicts with the victim. In 2009, the latter wounded the 63-year-old's daughter and sister-in-law (the girl's aunt) with a machine gun. Citizen PK was sentenced to 21 years in prison for the crime, while he served only 12 years.
Selman Mihana, economically at an inert company in Kurbin, was accidentally killed on the morning of February 10. The 70-year-old fell prey to bullets inside the work premises. The Kurbin police said that the target of the attack is the owner of the inerts company, citizen A. Gj, who escaped with minor injuries.
The main track of the investigations is the enmity of the owner of the firm. In 2002, a woman was killed and a police officer was injured. Suspects for this event were the owner of the inert company together with his brother.
On February 10, the 27-year-old woman with the initials SA jumped from the fourth floor of a building in the Kamza area and died in the hospital. The investigations revealed that the cause of this suicide was Altin Çoku, a character of the social network "TikTok", who allegedly threatened him and published intimate photos on the network.
The police arrested Altin Çoku regarding the serious incident, while he denied that he shared the girl's photo on social networks, blaming his friend. He was charged with causing suicide.
On February 10, 2024, Pëllumb Meta was killed in Shenavlash of Durrës. His family reported him missing on February 13. Deep investigations revealed a shocking crime on February 23. The police found the body of the 49-year-old buried in the cattle shed.
Initially, it was suspected that the author of the 50-year-old's murder was his daughter, 19-year-old Hygerta Meta, who took responsibility for the crime, saying that her father had encouraged her to get engaged against her will.
It was later discovered that this was a crime in collaboration between the victim's three children Hygerta Meta, Hysen Meta and Amarildo Meta. Pellumb Meta was killed by the eldest son Hyseni, while the other two children helped to hide the crime.
On the evening of February 28, a double murder was recorded in Korça. Ilo Lluka, an immigrant in Greece, shot and killed Emiljano Pinen and then himself.
The reason was the property and a sum of money that the author's father had left to his co-habitant, the mother of Emiljano Pines. Emiljano's mother had lived with the murderer's father for 4 years and took care of him due to his physical disabilities and age. ( Read here )
28-year-old Gjergj Ndershtiqaj and his brother-in-law, Gjin Nika, were seriously injured in an assassination attempt in Gruda Re of Shkodra on March 12. 80 bullets were fired at their car, which burned together with the perpetrators' vehicle.
The target of the assassination attempt is suspected to be Gjergj Medshtiqaj because of his profession. In 2020, the young man worked as a general patrolman, while from 2023 he was studying to become an officer at the Security Academy. Currently, the case is still under investigation.
Gentjan Bejtja, on March 15, 2024, was shot by gunfire in his apartment, in the village of Larushk in Fushë-Kruja. The perpetrators approached Bejtje's apartment with a black "Land Rover Discover" vehicle and after committing the murder, they left the scene and burned the car in the village of Hasan.
It is suspected that Bejtja was aware of many other crimes of the last 10 years. He was suspected of being involved in several assassinations, as the person who ambushed the victims, informer or assistant to the executioners. The 42-year-old had escaped several assassination attempts before he was killed.
According to the police, one of the perpetrators of Bejtja's murder was Flodian Plaku (Mamo & Serjani), who has been declared an international wanted man. Meanwhile, two of the accomplices are in prison.
On the evening of March 31, 2024, a fight between two groups of youth ended with one victim. It is suspected that a girl, who was in the victim's vehicle at the time of the meeting between the two groups, was the reason for the start of the fight between the young people. The girl had a romantic relationship with one of the accomplices in the murder.
The young people claimed in the testimony given to the police that it was the victim AD who first shot them with a crowbar and then they reacted and stabbed him with a knife. For this event, 4 young people are in prison.
On May 2, 2023, Alma Arrazi took her three children, 3-year-old Ardi, 7-year-old Gresi and 9-year-old Ergesa, and went to the Buna river. Alma threw the 3 children into the river and then jumped herself. The tragic event was discovered when a fisherman accidentally found the body of the first girl, while the other bodies were found by divers.
The bodies of the children and the mother were found between May 4 and May 7, during searches in the course of the Buna River.
It is suspected that 39-year-old Alma Arrazi undertook the extreme act after continuous psychological violence and betrayal by her husband.
At the request of her family, Alma was buried in Durrës next to her mother, while the children are buried in Shkodër.
For this event, Alma's husband, Erdgy Arrazi, was arrested, accused of the criminal offense of "causing suicide".
On May 2, 2024, the elderly couple Kosta Ilia and Kleoniqi Ikia were found dead and with signs of violence on their bodies. The event took place in Bodrishte village of Dropull Municipality.
The event came to light after 3 days and put the author Thoma Mastora in handcuffs. The 69-year-old had been in the couple's apartment drinking coffee and then killed them, shooting them with hard objects.
The cause of the crime was a momentary conflict that escalated to the use of strong objects. After killing them on May 2, Thoma Mastora left the scene, leaving the couple dead in the apartment. The author was arrested by the police and is facing justice.
Roan Brahimi was killed in a genuine mafia assassination in the Vyronas neighborhood of Athens, late May 9, 2024. The crime, in the eyes of his second wife and young son, took place in a populated area. Brahimi had gone to Greece for the Easter holidays, as he lived in Dubai. He had a wife and a child in Athens, while in Albania he had another family with a wife and two children.
Roan Brahimi alias Sidorel Prendi, is also known as Ervis Martinaj's rival, as he was wanted to be questioned about the murder of Brilant Martinaj, (Ervis Martinaj's cousin) the assassination that took place on July 17, 2022, and 2 were killed others.
Also, he is suspected to have had a connection with the murder of Gentjan Bejtjes. One of the people arrested by the police as a transporter of the killers, Ilir Beqaraj, turns out to be Roan Brahimi's brother-in-law.
On May 13, 2024, Novruz Cenalia was killed by a bullet in the head in the village of Baltëz in Fier, while he was going to work. He was an officer of the "Eagle" department and was part of the police for 3 years.
The suspected author of this tragic event was Azgan Mërnica. After shooting the victim dead, he drove away from the scene, but was later arrested by the police. Mërnica pleaded guilty before the black squads.
He said that he was driving fast and the officer signaled him to stop, where he also shouted at him. The author stated that he felt scared and therefore shot him with a gun.
An assassination attempt that occurred on the evening of July 19, 2024 in Memaliaj left 3 victims and one injured.
One of the victims, the target of the assassination attempt, was Shyqyri Kalemi. Also, waiters Gledio Muka and Marsel Çela lost their lives , while Artur Kalemi, Andrea Kalemi's uncle, was injured. As in any mafia assassination, the perpetrators burned the car and fled the scene.
The main track of the investigation is revenge, as the 74-year-old is the father of Andrea (Adriatik) Kalemi. The latter is suspected of being involved in the murder of businessman Edmond Papa in December 2022.
On July 20, Olsi Ibro, involved in the million-euro fraud scheme, committed suicide from a building under construction on "Ramazan Shijaku" street in Tirana.
He died at the scene. Olsi Ibro together with his wife, Elda Ibro, controlled the microcredit institution, "Micro Credit Albania".
A day before the suicide, the Prosecutor's Office of Tirana placed "Micro Credit Albania" and "Final" under preventive seizure. Both of these companies are accused of "Fraud with serious consequences and committed more than once and in cooperation" as well as "Cleaning of the proceeds of a criminal offense or criminal activity" carried out in cooperation.
On August 8, 78-year-old historian Zyhdi Shehi killed his roommate in a private asylum in Tirana, Virxil Vesho, with a cane.
After the serious incident, Shehi was arrested, but then by the decision of the jury he was admitted to a psychiatric hospital.
The cause of the attack was a banal conflict between two elderly people over the bed.
Initially, the incident was not reported to the police, as the nurse had notified the morgue and a funeral agency to retrieve the victim's body. It was later discovered that the old man had been killed.
The historian died a few weeks later at QSUT, after suffering from Parkinson's disease.
Egli Proga lost his life after being brutally raped on August 10 in a bar in Pogradec.
The police arrested Denis Meçe as the author of the murder, on the charge of intentional murder, and prosecuted Voltan Shkulaku, Leonidha Guçe and Arjan Manellari for failure to report the crime.
The Prosecutor's Office of Korça, in the session for setting the security measure, eased the charge against Denis Meçi from intentional murder to manslaughter, which brought a clash between the police and the Prosecutor's Office of Korçë.
Meanwhile, the expert report confirmed the cause of the loss of life of Egli Proges is the hemorrhage in the brain membrane and the hemorrhage of the brain tissue.
On the evening of August 19, Arsid Hoxha and Ersild Ishmi were killed on the beach of Velipoja, in Shkodër.
The victims are brothers-in-law. They were allegedly executed by two brothers EF and GF, owners of a hotel.
For this event, 2 employees of the authors' hotel, citizens with the initials MP and ZZ, were put in handcuffs, suspected of being collaborators.
On the morning of August 30, 2024, 36-year-old Elis Rroshkodoli was shot with a volley while standing on the porch of a bar in the "Ahmet Haxhia" neighborhood, in Shkodër.
The 36-year-old man with a previous criminal record received 14 bullets in his body while the perpetrators fled the scene and allegedly dismantled the car in which they drove.
26-year-old Xh. was arrested for this event. M., as he is accused of providing the conditions and means to commit the murder.
His 3 identified collaborators, suspected as hired killers, are also wanted. Meanwhile, it is not yet known who the customer is.
On August 13, Esmerald Balla killed his father Enver Balla with a pistol, after a fight for economic reasons. The reason was the 75,000 euros missing from the family safe.
Esmerald Balla tried to hide the crime and reported to the police that his father had disappeared. Investigators took his statements with reservations and doubted the contradictory details the young man gave about the key to the safe in the apartment, where a large amount of money was located.
Meanwhile, Esmerald Balla had made up the story that her father had run away with a woman, who had written to her on "Instagram". But when the police decided to seize the cell phone, interesting evidence was found in it that unraveled the incident.
In addition to the photos of the girls found on the cell phone, a "screenshot" of a conversation was also found, a woman writing to him that she had run away with his father. But investigation revealed that the same profile he had written to was his own, opened on his mobile, revealing the fraud.
Esmerald Balla allegedly killed his father, after taking a sum of lek from the safe.
According to the police, he, in cooperation with Edison Brahajn, 25 years old, transported the victim's body by vehicle from the scene to the place where it was found by the police.
The two brothers, Gramoz and Vladimir Kurtaj, 52 and 46 years old, were killed on September 10 in the village of Kurjan in Roskovec. The cause was a conflict the victims had with the author's son.
The author Altin Kuka had gone to clarify with the two brothers, but the quarrel ended in insults and a physical fight.
The 49-year-old man took an automatic firearm from the vehicle and fired at the two brothers. Immediately after the incident, the author turned himself in at the Fier police station, where he also handed over the crime weapon. The police also arrested the author's two sons, as well as an accomplice.
The city of Shkodra was shocked on the afternoon of October 30, 2024 by a massacre in the area of ??Dobraç, which left behind 4 victims.
The assassins, still unidentified persons, fired volleys in the direction of the "Benz" in which Hamza Lici and Arlind Bushati were traveling.
Their vehicle went off the road and hit a married couple who were traveling on a motorcycle. Lici died at the scene, while the other 3 died at the hospital.
After the crime, a person appeared at the scene who provided first aid, who has been identified in the media as Ibrahim Lici.
This massacre was initially investigated by the Shkodra Prosecutor's Office, which then declared incompetence and handed it over to SPAK, as there are suspicions that it was committed by a criminal group.
On November 13, 2024, on "Faik Konica" street, businessman Eduart Reçi was wounded by a gunshot, who died in the hospital as a result of his injuries.
The 52-year-old man has been working with his construction company for several years, while earlier he was a director at the SHISH institution.
It is suspected that he was executed by two brothers, one of them in the role of the shooter, a police officer in police station No. 2 in the capital
The cause of the murder is thought to be a conflict over a building that the victim planned to build, for which the two perpetrators did not agree, as owners of a building near the scene.
The investigations have revealed that the construction businessman had discussed and had a conflict over the ownership of the land regarding the brothers F. D and Sh. D., who were arrested.
Shortly after midnight, around 00:36 on November 19, 2024, Claudio Prendi, the son of former judge Fran Prendi, was executed. He was shot with a silencer at midnight as soon as he left a bar in Tirana, in the area known as "Xhamlliku". The young man received bullets in the chest and head and died in the hospital.
There are 3 lines of investigation for his murder. The first track is related to gambling, the second to some conflicts he had regarding a debt . The parent had gone to the police for a fight with a person over a debt that was not accepted. As for the third track, it is related to the function of the victim's father, the chances of which are few.
Claudio Prendi is not an unknown name for the Blues, since on May 6, 2023, he fired a firearm in the city of Puka.
On December 1, 50-year-old Alfred Dedja was executed with a firearm in Ndroq, Tirana. The person accused of murdering the 50-year-old is 26-year-old Julian Gjoshi, who surrendered to the police a day after the crime.
It is suspected that the incident happened due to the breakdown of drug deals between the perpetrator and the victim, who were known and friends of each other.
As for the dynamics of the crime, the perpetrator and the victim were seen in the premises of the same bar and after an argument between them, Julian Gjoshi took out his firearm and shot the 50-year-old.
Julian Gjoshi is a person with a criminal record, as he was arrested for carrying weapons without a permit in January 2021. He was sentenced to 3 years of probation by judge Shefkie Demiraj, a sentence which was supposed to end on December 23, 2024.
A few days after the crime, Julian Gjoshi turned himself in to the police, where he stated that Alfred Dedja insulted him across the tables. When he learned this, he told the blues that he went to the bar where Dedja was staying in Ndroq and shot him with a gun.
Branko Shkoza, declared that he lost his life accidentally in Durrës, but then it turned out that he was killed by his friend. The police revealed the incident only after 8 days. For this, 35-year-old MH was arrested as a suspected perpetrator
The 33-year-old Shkoza had lost contact with his family since December 2 and his father had declared him missing to the police on December 5. After the search, the body was found thrown in a canal in the area of ??Spitalla in Durrës.
Shkoza, according to the police, had a collision with Habib, who pushed the 33-year-old by throwing him from the bridge into the sewage canal, and as a result of the fall, he lost his life.
After being handcuffed, his friend told the police that he had killed Branko because of harassment of his wife. Then, in court, the 35-year-old MH denied the crime, claiming that the police had pressured him to accept the authorship of the murder./ CNA
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