The murder of the former operative of the Rapid Intervention Forces of Shkodra, Xhulio Prela, has been decided by the Court of First Instance of Lezha. "Ora News" secured the decision of the judging panel, which was made on July 13 of this year. In conclusion, the author of the murder is considered Brilant Martinaj (executed on July 17, 2022 at the Fush? Kruja overpass). Nikol Sherrniku was announced as an accomplice of the crime in Gajush of Lezha (the car of the killers was sold to him, but he had not received the documents), who was sentenced to 3 years and 6 months in prison for "Supporting the perpetrator of the crime". On the other hand, Redion Hysat, whose weapons of crime were found in the water deposit, was declared innocent. The Lezha Prosecutor's Office requested his sentence to 20 years in prison and will appeal the decision to the Court of Appeal of the General Jurisdiction of Tirana. The court of Lezha reasoned that the prosecution had not been able to prove the participation of Redion Hysa in the murder of policeman Prela. This sentence has left the victim's father disappointed, who had requested that the case be taken over by the Special Prosecutor against Corruption and Organized Crime (SPAK), as the murder should be investigated and judged as committed by a criminal group, not by a individual.
The event, the motive for Prela's murder is still a mystery, Martinaj escaped to Turkey
On the morning of December 5, 2020, around 03:00, in the Lezh? axis, in the Gajushi area, the officer of the Shkod?r FNSH, Xhulio Prela, was killed with a bullet in the heart. The killers signaled with high beams to the 26-year-old to stop, and as he opened the car window, he was shot with 3 bullets, one of which hit him in the heart. The assailants in the "Volkswagen" vehicle walked 300 m and burned the car to leave afterwards. Investigations proved that the killers' car was sold to Nikol Sherrnik, but he did not receive the ownership documents. He was in the car together with Brilant Martinaj. Prela was returning from Rinas to escort a friend of his brother to Shkod?r. In a confession by the victim's father, he said that his son had been under pressure while working in the police. For this event, Brilant Martinaj was declared internationally wanted. Years later, investigations proved that he left Albania towards Kosovo to end up in Turkey. In 2021, the case against him was dismissed, but later reopened.
Ervis Martinaj's cousin was barbarically executed with 60 bullets in July 2022
On the afternoon of July 17, 2022, the 23-year-old Brilant Martinaj with a criminal record, the cousin of the gambling businessman, Ervis Martinaj, was barbarically executed with 60 bullets in the Fush?-Kruja overpass together with Diklen Vata and Besmir Hoxhaj inside an SUV. The high intensity of the bullets caused the vehicle to catch fire and the victims to be burned by the fire. This brutal murder horrified the entire public opinion and was considered a war to get rid of Ervis Martinaj. The triple execution of young Martinaj, Vata and Hoxha still has no suspected perpetrators, arrested and tried. Brilant Martinaj was accused of murdering Xjulio Prela and former police officer Xelal Re?i. For the event of July 17, 2022, the Re?i, Prela families, as well as Indrit Dokle himself, were questioned.
Nikoll Sherrniku, a friend of Brilant Martinaj, was caught with a gun in August 2022
On December 19, 2020, Nikoll Sherrniku surrendered to the Lezha Police after the court ordered on December 15 of that year the "prison arrest" measure for the murder of the former FNSH officer Prela. At the court hearing, he denied knowing 23-year-old Brilant Martinaj. Even, for the day of the serious incident, Sherrnik used as an alibi the fact that his birthday was on December 5 and he was in the apartment. After spending some time in detention, his measure was changed to "house arrest". Nikoll Sherrniku was arrested on August 17 last year in Shengjin. 1 Kalashnikov, 2 communication radios similar to those used by law enforcement and two Kalashnikov combs were found on him. Last year, the police set up the track of Sherrnik's revenge for the murder of his friend, Brilant Martinaj.
The attack with 28 bullets in 2020, like Redion Hysa was also accused of Xjulio Prela
Redion Hysa was arrested on December 30, 2020, as the night before he and Sokol Hysa shot 28 bullets at the truck of Gjok Malaj, an employee at a gas station in the village of Gajush? in Lezha. In the checks of their apartments, a Kalashnikov (Redion Hysa) and a pistol with fire-conducting wire were found in the apartment of Sokol Hysa. The expertise revealed that these weapons were also used in the murder of the former operative of FNSH Shkod?r, Xhulio Prela. However, the court considered that these weapons may have been placed in the water tank on the terrace of Redion Hysa's house by other persons. "The position and place where the weapons were found, on the terrace of the defendant Redion Hysa's apartment, in the water deposit, does not create the conviction in the court that these weapons were in the possession of the defendant Redion Hysa only. So, the possibility of placing these weapons by other persons is not excluded", the decision states. This excluded Redion Hysa from the connection with the crime of December 5, 2020.
