Ralf Feruku , the 48-year-old Albanian who was reported to have been arrested near the Athens airport in Greece, has reacted to the Albanian media after the Greek media reported that he was handcuffed.
In a statement for bw, Feruku stated that he was not detained nor arrested, but returned on his own, after receiving a call from the Greek Prosecutor's Office, regarding the investigation into the murder of Alex Rapo in 2014.
Feruku stated that he returned to Greece after being called as a witness at the Prosecutor's Office and was then released.
"I came to Greece myself, as I had a summons from the Prosecutor's Office, where they asked me as a witness and told me if I know Alex Rrapo. I, Alex Rrapon, had my wife's cousin. I am free and not involved in criminal activities. I didn't come before because I was expelled. After being interrogated as a witness, I left and am free ," said Feruku.
Ralf Feruku, it is learned, had an exit ban from Greece as well as an arrest warrant for "intentional murder" and "explosive explosion".
According to the Greek media, the 48-year-old is an associate of Alket Rizai, otherwise known as "Takis", who in 2014 had a bomb explosion in a Smart vehicle in Attiki Odos near the airport, where a 35-year-old man was killed. Albanian and his wife were seriously injured.
At that time, after the explosion, Ralf Feruku was caught during a routine check in Lamia while he was in a car with Alket Rizai.
Ralf Feruku was arrested by the police on January 29, 2021 in Lamia in an armored vehicle where he was in the company of Alket Rizai, who had been released from prison for a few days. At the time of the arrest, the police discovered that there was an arrest warrant against Feruk as a suspect for collaboration in the murder of Roland Shembitras and Gjergji Kapaj at "Joy Bar" in Glifadha on October 8, 2017.
After the arrest, Feruku was kept in prison until April 12, 2021 when he was released by order of the prosecutor without any bail and deported to Albania.