Today, the court session in charge of Arbë Paplekaj, accused of murdering Pjerin Xhuvani on April 21, 2021 in Elbasan, lasted over 6 hours. Among the 9 witnesses questioned today, two former deputy police directors of Elbasan also gave their testimony.
The latter affirmed to the jury that the event did not last more than 8 seconds while it took place amid chaos in a highly populated area, which made preventive intervention difficult.
Asked by the lawyer of the Xhuvani family if they knew people in the crowd, the police officers denied, which was justified by the lawyer Rezarta Tahiraj, as the participation of people who were not from Elbasan, most likely, part of the structure for the protection of the vote. in PD.
Regarding the possible news in reference to the signaling of a hypothesis of life risk for a witness that was sent to the Prosecutor's Office precisely by lawyer Tahiraj, the legal representative of the victim's family stated that there is no and does not expect an answer: "It will be The Prosecution will decide if it is activated to ask the competent authorities for the protection of this witness and it will always be the Prosecution to decide if and how to use the cooperation of the witness.
Personally, I am convinced - commented lawyer Tahiraj - that this witness is very valuable for the investigative activity of the Prosecution on this case. In the session, he said that the two persons to be searched were armed with pistols. The witness did not know the brand and caliber of those pistols, because I think he is not a weapons expert, but that those persons were in possession of those weapons he said clearly.
This specificity is an aggravating feature that adds urgency to the need to identify the danger they have shown in that circumstance with the possession of those pistols and the fact that they probably belong to the very guns and bullets found at the scene of the murder of a different caliber than the killer's pistol"./Tch