Police give official version of murder in Pogradec: He killed her with a knife and set her on fire

2025-07-29 10:05:00, Kronika CNA

Police give official version of murder in Pogradec: He killed her with a knife

Korça Police have given the official version regarding the murder of citizen KT in Pogradec.

According to the police, the 31-year-old IS citizen stabbed her to death and then set fire to the apartment where the 52-year-old lived.

During the investigative actions and external examination of the dead body, police services have raised suspicions that the cause of the 52-year-old's death was not asphyxiation, because they found injuries on her body that were suspected to have been caused by a cutting tool (knife).

After investigations, citizen IS, 31 years old, resident of Pogradec, was arrested and charged with the criminal offense of "Murder due to family relations".

"As a result of rapid and professional investigations, the circumstances and authorship of the incident that occurred yesterday in Pogradec have been clarified."

He killed the 52-year-old woman with a knife in her apartment, and then set the apartment on fire, the 31-year-old man has been arrested.

As a result of professional and rapid investigations, carried out by specialists of the Korça Local Police Directorate, under the direction of the Korça Prosecutor's Office, it became possible to clarify the circumstances of the incident that occurred on 28.07.2025, in neighborhood no. 1, Pogradec, which was initially reported as accidental after it was suspected that the 52-year-old woman had lost her life from asphyxiation during the burning of her apartment.

Police services, during investigative actions and the external examination of the dead body, have raised suspicions that the cause of the 52-year-old's death was not asphyxiation, because they found suspected injuries on her body caused by a cutting tool (knife).

Following in-depth investigative actions, carried out under the direction of the Korça Prosecutor's Office, based on video footage, it was possible to identify the suspected perpetrator of the incident, citizen IS, 31 years old, resident of Pogradec, who is suspected of having had an intimate relationship with the 52-year-old for 3 years.

Citizen IS is suspected of stabbing citizen KT, 52, to death, setting fire to her apartment and leaving the apartment at around 05:00.

At the end of the actions, citizen IS, 31 years old, resident of Pogradec, was arrested in flagrante delicto for the criminal offense of "Murder due to family relations", according to the official police announcement./ CNA