Police have arrested Kristo Mema (alias Kostandin Hoxha) who stabbed a 42-year-old father of two to death in Berat.
The 63-year-old was arrested at the Hermits' Cave in Berat.
At the time of his arrest, the 63-year-old had the knife with which he killed the father of two children in his pocket.
Kristo Mema (alias Kostandin Hoxha) is a person with a previous criminal record, as it turns out he was sentenced to 25 years in prison for a murder in Greece, which occurred 25 years ago. After serving his sentence, Kristo Mema returned to his hometown, where he started working in the tourist area of Berat Castle and offered tourists rides on his horse.
Father of two killed in front of family and tourists
Meanwhile, the victim was a 42-year-old man from Tirana. Keli Hoxha was a father of two children. Together with them, his wife and mother had gone to spend a different day in Berat.
The victim wanted to take pictures of his daughters on horseback, but the perpetrator refused and a physical altercation initially occurred between them, which then escalated into the use of a knife by the 63-year-old.
Hoxha received a single wound to the heart, which was enough to take his life.