As he is awaiting an extradition order to Albania, the Montreal court has released on bail the 60-year-old Engjëll Brahimi, convicted for the murder of a police officer and his 8-year-old son 23 years ago in Fier.
Supreme Court Judge François Dadour agreed to the request of lawyers Andreë Barbacki, Jordan Trevick and Sara Malik who represented Engjëll Brahimi in the extradition case.
Dadour set a number of conditions that Brahimi must comply with. In addition to the standard bail conditions — that he keep the peace, abide by a curfew and appear at future court dates — a third party agreed to put up a $20,000 bond to support Brahim's bail request. condition. Brahimi and his wife also agreed to post a $100,000 bond on the property they own.
The judge also imposed an extremely strict condition requiring Brahimi to report to authorities every weekday while he is free on bail. Normally, a person granted bail in a criminal case is required to report to a police station once a week or once a month. The case will return to court on June 26.
Brahimi came to Canada as a refugee in 2005 under the name Piro Kota and received Canadian citizenship in 2012, according to an affidavit filed in court.
He is accused of killing the police officer, Astrit Braçe and his 8-year-old son, in an ambush with firearms on August 10, 2000 in Fier.
The entire killing is suspected to have taken place for revenge. This is because in 1997, Úngjël Brahimi's brother, Iliriani, was killed in a shootout with the police, after someone had opened fire on an ambulance. Brace was one of the policemen present at the time of the murder of Brahim's brother. In 1999, an assassination attempt was organized against Brace, but it failed. Úngjël Brahimi was the main suspect, but there was not enough evidence to charge him.
On August 10, 2000, Braçe with his wife, their son Asllan, daughter, granddaughter and grandson were going to the beach. Everyone was traveling in a Mercedes-Benz vehicle and when they were returning, the car was hit by gunfire in the village of Poro-Pishë, where the officer and his 8-year-old son lost their lives. Brahimi allegedly got out of an Audi and opened fire at the Mercedes-Benz. Referring to what the Canadian media writes, the police officer managed to get out of the car and headed towards a river Vjosa. Meanwhile, Braçe's wife managed to see the author and shouted at him "criminal, you killed my son". At this moment, the author did not answer, but got into his vehicle and left to follow the officer. Brace's wife said she later heard shots. Her husband's body was found the next day on the banks of the Vjosa River.
According to the documents filed in the extradition request, it was confirmed that Piro Kota was exactly Úngjell Brahimi. At the time of his arrest in January, he confirmed that Úngjël Brahimi said he was aware of the charges against him and that he entered the United States and then Canada under a false name, eventually obtaining citizenship under this false identity. .