Press Release

The Prosecution Office at the Court of First Instance of Tirana, media release

The Prosecution Office at the Court of First Instance of Tirana is carrying out investigative actions in relation to criminal proceedings No. 285 of 2011, (resumed), the acts of which refer to the incident that occurred on 21.01.2011, during which citizens Z.V., F.M., A.N. and H.D were found dead

On 18.04.2012, it was decided to separate from the criminal proceedings and send the case numbered 285/21, of 2012, to the Tirana Judicial District Court for trial, the materials for the defendant N.P. accused for the criminal offense of "Murder in other qualifying circumstances", carried out in a dangerous way for the lives of many people, provided by article 79 letter "ë" of the Criminal Code, resulting in the death of the citizen F.M., as well as for the defendant A.Ll, accused for the criminal offense of "Murder in other qualifying circumstances", committed against two or more persons", provided by article 79 letter "dh" of the Criminal Code, resulting in the death of citizens H.D. and Z.V., as well as the injury of citizens F.M, E.B. and S.G.
Meanwhile, investigations were continued within the framework of criminal proceedings no. 285 of 2011, in order to determine who is the person who killed the citizen A.N., and injured the citizens A.D., I.Q., and I.P.
In view of the investigations carried out by the judicial police, all necessary investigative actions were carried out, but it was not possible to identify the persons who killed citizens A.N. and H.D., as well as injured citizens F.M., S.G., E.B., A.D., I.Q., and I.P.
Under these conditions, when all possible investigative actions have been carried out and the perpetrator of the criminal offense is not known, by decision dated 28.02.2020, the prosecutors of the case have decided to suspend the investigations by passing the acts of criminal proceedings no. 285, of 2011, for further follow-up at the Tirana Local Police Directorate.
In 2021, it has been decided to resume the suspended investigations and carry out investigative actions in order to discover the author of the murder of the citizen A.N. and H.D., for which the Court of the Judicial District of Tirana with the decision No. 100, announced on 07.02.2013, has decided to declare the defendant A. Ll. not guilty for committing the criminal offense of "Intentional murder , committed against two or more persons", with a direct consequence of the death of the deceased H.D.
The Officers of the Crimes Against Life Section of the Local Police Directorate of Tirana have been tasked with carrying out the investigative actions of this criminal proceeding, who, in addition to the tasks ordered by the prosecutors in charge of the investigation, will also carry out the delegated investigative actions in relation to verification of the facts published by the citizen A.H., (journalist), facts made public by him on the show "Zona Zero", on 20.01.2023, on "Top Channel" television.