"Don't touch the horse because it's angry"/ 62-year-old man KILLED tourist from Tirana in front of his children, wife and mother in the Berat castle, the author's testimony: He cursed at me...

2025-10-29 10:07:51Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
"Don't touch the horse because it's angry"/ 62-year-old man
Author: Kristo Mema (alias Kontandin Hoxha)

" Don't touch the horse, it's angry today ," was the phrase that later led to the fight ending in a crime, where tourist Keli Hoxha was killed in the Berat castle .

The perpetrator, 63-year-old Kristo Mema (alias Kontandin Hoxha) , after seeing citizen Keli Hoxha touching the horse with his hand, told him not to touch it anymore, as the horse, according to him, was not well and was agitated.

The perpetrator testified to the police that after he said this, the victim cursed at him from the family and insulted him.

He then stated that, after these insults, in a fit of rage, he took out the knife he had hidden in his horse's saddle and stabbed him.

Afterwards, he states that he went to the apartment, tied the horse to the shed, took some food, and hid in one of the castle's caves to escape the police.

For their part, the victim's family members have stated to the police that the fight started only because the victim had touched the horse with his hand. They have stated that their family member did not curse or insult him, but the horse's owner suddenly stabbed him after telling him " don't touch the horse " and the victim had replied " there's nothing wrong ".

The serious incident occurred around 3:30 pm yesterday afternoon in the "Kala" neighborhood in Berat.

The victim, Keli Hoxha , 42 years old, a resident of Tirana and born in Tropoja, could not survive the injuries he sustained and died upon arrival at the Berat Regional Hospital.

The perpetrator was caught a few hours later, hiding in the "cave of the dumb", near the Church of St. Michael.

The perpetrator, Kristo Mema (alias Kontandin Hoxha) , committed a murder in 1993 in Berat, but after the incident he fled to Greece for about 25 years, where he also changed his name. He did not serve a single day in prison for this murder, as the statute of limitations had expired.


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