
Edmond Haxhia is suspected of being the person who ordered the murder of the businessman from Lezha, Ardian Nikulaj. Haxjia is suspected to be the son of Elton Lekstakaj's uncle who had a conflict with the victim since 1997.
It is suspected that Haxhia paid the Portuguese executioner and his four collaborators from Great Britain, including a woman, specifically: Ruben Saraiva , Harry Simson , Thomas Mithan , Steven Hunt and Harriet Bridgeman .
Chief police officer Muhamet Rrumbullaku said in the conference with journalists that the murder was committed for blood feud motives, while the perpetrators are suspected to have left the country after the crime.
Blood feud between the Nikulaj and Lekstakaj tribes:
The history of clashes between the Nikulaj and Lekstakaj tribes in Lezhë has its origin in 1996, where the conflict started at a gas station at the exit of the city of Lezhë for 10 thousand old lek.
Ardian Nikulaj's brother together with another person were sellers at the fuel in question and one of the members of the Lekstakaj family was supplying the car.
After the fuel supply, the sellers argued with the driver claiming that he had not made the payment of 10,000 old leks for the fuel supply.
After the verbal argument, the driver of the vehicle left, returning armed a few minutes later and shot at two employees, leaving them dead on the spot, including Ardian Nikulaj's brother.
That's where the story of blood feud begins, where a few months later Gëzim Lekstakaj and Laurent Gjetja, who was the nephew of the family, were killed. While in 1999, Gjovalin Lekstakaj was killed and Pjeter Lekstakaj was seriously injured, these events are not covered.