Witness interviews begin on killing forest guard at Lake Badovci

He was in the area he usually guarded, but Wednesday evening was fatal for the forest guard, Nazim Rrustemi, who was one of Pristina's oldest inspectors.

At his workplace, 63-year-old from the village of Kechkokolla in Pristina was shot to death with firearms.

His work car had been found just a few meters away from where Rrustemi had been found dead.

And the causes of the 63-year-old murder are still unknown. Meanwhile, investigations concerning the Rausstem murder are still in the initial phase.

The Police Directorate Information Office in Pristina has made that known.

“Rest is in the initial phase. interviewed by several people in witness quality has begun. We're working with the Prosecutor to whiteen the case”, says the information office's response.

How the All Event Happened

Initially, news of finding a lifeless body under unknown circumstances had been confirmed by the police.

I can confirm that by 18.12.2019, around 21:50, a distance from Gracanica Street, a person whose death was confirmed by the ambulance team has been found in the forest. Police units are taking all necessary actions to investigate and clarify the circumstances of this case”, Kosovo Police spokesman Daut Hoxha has said.

Meanwhile, the Pristina Constitutional Prosecutor on Thursday has indicated to Express that the first allegations from the site of the event are that Rrustemi has been killed with firearms.

There were wounds in his body allegedly caused by the firearm. At the prosecutor's order, the lifeless body has been sent to the Law Medicine Institute for Obstruction”, Pristina Foundation Prosecutor's spokeswoman Laureta Ulaj said.

Meanwhile, Kosovo police through a 24-hour report had officially confirmed that it was a murder case.

“Mramor Village, Pristina 18.12.2019-19:00. It has reportedly been found without signs of life in the forest to be the male K-Albanian victim. The victim's death has been ascertained by the caregiver who finds the victim shot. The relevant units and public prosecutor” have emerged at the scene, the police report noted.

During Thursday, forensics officials have emerged at the scene, as well as the Kosovo Police, to do all necessary tests regarding the case.

For the murder of Pristina municipality inspector, the first of the capital, Shpend Ahmeti, has reacted Thursday.

Through a Facebook status, Ahmeti has called on the institutions of justice to clarify the case and leaders of the work to be brought to justice.

The Inspection Directorate has reportedly been found the abandoned/opened car of one of Pristina's oldest inspectors in the forest of Pristina N. R. in the vicinity of Badovci. Unfortunately, after the arrival of the police, the dead man's lifeless body, killed by firearms, has been found in the area he was guarding as a guard. Police demand that the case and the leaders of the work be brought to justice as soon as dawns. This case again testifies to the danger facing municipality inspectors”, Ahmeti wrote.

63-year-old Nazmi Rrustemi, the father of four children, was buried Friday in Pristina's Kechkolla village cemetery.