The target of the assassination attempt on the Fushë-Kruja overpass is suspected to have been the 22-year-old Brilant Martinaj, whose lifeless body, together with Arbë Hoxha, was burned inside the vehicle they were traveling in.
Brilant Martinaj is the first cousin of Ervis Martinaj, declared internationally wanted for ordering the murder of Endri Dokles after the testimony of the repentant justice Nuredin Dumani.
Brilanti is also wanted for the murder of FNSH officer Xhulio Prela on November 5, 2020, but also another former officer of blue uniforms, 60-year-old Xelal Reçi.
The conflict two years ago with Xuljo Prela allegedly started after a fight over the car's headlights, after Prela, who was returning from the village of Kosmač in Shkodra, stopped as the perpetrators signaled him with lights and flashlights.
Thinking they might need help, Prela stopped but was met with bullets from a TT pistol belonging to the perpetrators.
The prosecution said that from the analysis of the telephone cells, it was proven that Brilant Martinaj was also present at the scene.
The name of Brilant Martinaj is also mentioned as one of the suspects in the sensational murder of November 1 last year in the city of Laçi, where the 60-year-old ex-policeman was assassinated in the early hours of the morning near a bank. Jelal Reçi.
Since the murder of the former policeman Xelal Reçi, there have been several murders that are believed to have been related to Brilant Martinaj and his first cousin Ervis Martinaj.
In August 2020, Xelal Rec's son, Besnik, was the one who escaped a well-organized assassination attempt while traveling on the Lezhë-Shëngjin road with his two minor children and his wife when two armed men on a motorcycle, they followed and tried to kill him.