Details on Murders Shocking the Country During 2020

A review of these tragic cases that rocked the country during 2020.

On the day before the end of 2020, Kosovo was shocked by a tragic event that took place in the village of Pozoran, of the Year. A Swiss exile allegedly killed two sons, his wife, and then himself.

Safe sources within the prosecution in Gjilan have told Express that the reason that led to the murder is a conflict that the marriage couple had had in Switzerland, where they had lived.

The same family had come from Switzerland to spend vacations in Kosovo, while according to family members who spoke on condition of anonymity, the father had first killed one son, then the other had tried to escape, but who had left. Later, the family head killed his wife and eventually killed himself.

About four hours later, the lifeless bodies of the victims were removed from their home, where they found death. They were sent to the Law Medicine Institute for Obligation.

The Gnjilan police have claimed that three victims were found inside the house and one in the garden.

“We are now in the process instead of the event, and the focus is to gather any physical evidence in order to have a professional investigation. Also, investigators are on the ground for witnesses. We can find out that three victims were found inside the house and one in the garden.

But that's not the only murder that's happened this year. In fact, compared with last year, the number of homicides has increased markedly.

Based on Kosovo Police statistics, 25 murders have occurred in the country by December alone.

The “Referenced to your request, we inform you that 25 cases of homicides, located at the level of”, were reported in the police responses, not including the Prizren murder and the murder that occurred last night in Pozoran of the Year.

The Express newspaper reported throughout the year on the killings that took place in the country, and below it, it sums up the most tragic cases of the year we are leaving behind.

The boy killed parents in Prizren

At the end of January of this year, Durim and Suada Hadri were found killed at their home in Ortakko, Prizren. The couple had been living and working in Sweden for years until they came to Kosovo on vacation.

The murder of a couple of Swedish citizenship allegedly took place by their son, the Adriatic, who had fled Kosovo immediately. He was later arrested in Sweden, early March.

And in this same country, judgment will take place for him. Kosovo authorities have transferred the criminal procedure against him to the Swedish state more than eight months ago, the cause of inability to be extradited to Kosovo.

The case attorney in Sweden, Olof Kalmvik, has told Gazeta Express that the trial in this case has not yet begun, but that they are waiting to send the case to court between December and January.

And for the reason he's suspected of pushing A. Hadrin kill his parents, Kalmvik has refused to elaborate at this phase of the investigation.

The investigation has now been revised by his suspect and lawyer, and we expect the case to be sent to court sometime between December and January. Hence, judgment has not yet begun. We can't go into details as far as the motive is in this phase of the investigation”, Calmvik has declared.

Police officer killed parents, brothers, and himself in Gjilan

In a house in the neighborhood of “Boyanina” in Gjilan, a whole family of February 18th was removed.

Zeqir, Hanife, Blerim, nobler of Valdete Blace were found without life in their home environments in the neighbourhood “Boyanina”. The murder was allegedly committed by this family's only daughter, who then committed suicide. She was also an official Kosovo Police officer, and the killings were carried out with the official weapon.

According to Gjilan's Founding Prosecutor, she was suspected to have committed the murders before 8: 00 a.m.

The spokeswoman for this prosecutor, Liridona Xhedeeni, had claimed that police officer Valdete Blace allegedly killed her parents and two brothers at 7 and 40 in the morning, until her life was over after four hours.

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Xhedin had also confirmed reports that the deceased had accepted medical treatment several months before committing multiple murder.

In this case, criminal outcry against a Gjilan police officer was raised under suspicion of misusing official duty, uncertainly holding the keys to the drawer guarding the weapons, with police official Valdete Blace's gun and committing multiple murders.

Ex-partor of The KLA was killed and burned in his car

Another serious murder had occurred in the village of Zahaq, Peja. In the early morning hours of February 27th, the body of former KLA member Qerim Kelmendi had been found without signs of life and burned in his car.

For his murder, family members had pointed their finger at the Serbian secret services.

Former leader of the Kosovo People's Movement Ibrahim Kelmendi had told Gazeta Express that he doubts that behind his brother's murder there are mercenaries, or Serbian BIA professionals, who say they have done this to fuel even more hostility between the arm of war and peace.

Meanwhile, a few hours before police found the burnt car of Kemim Kelmendi, the man through two social media writings had come to his side, deputy head of the war veterans' organisation Nasim Haradinaj, who in an interview at T7 Television, called former President Ibrahim Rugova a traitor.

Kelmendi had written that Ibrahim Rugova's name has become a Udbash washing machine.

Ibrahim Rugova's “name is based on the Lavatric of Udbs, titans, Rankoviqists, Rugovists, then, the cowards, deserters and war saboteurs. It has been sown, cultivated, grown, and harvested by the bad lighthouse UDB and KOS! There's a lot... ”, he wrote, until he distributed Haradinaj's interview, where he talked about Rugova.

An hour later, Qerim Kelmendi had made a post on the latest social network before he was killed.

He had distributed a writing of a person saying that “to be called Nasim Haradinaj weed from Naser Rugova, is insulting not only to Nasim, but also to his hero father”.

The case of Qerim Kelmendi's murder is being investigated by Kosovo Special Prosecutor.

The girl killed 87-year-old father in Gjakova

A murder within the family had occurred in Gjakova on May 21st. Inside a house on “road Sabrije Vokshi”, a 87-year-old family guardian was found dead.

By his body, his 58-year-old daughter, who allegedly committed the murder, was also found. Details about this murder, clashes with victims and suspects, had given the late chief prosecutor of the Gjakova Foundation Prosecutor Ali Selimaj.

Selimaj had told Gazeta Express that based on information they have, the victim and alleged murder had recently crashed over the legacy.

Selimaj has indicated that the 58-year-old has lived with the victim and that the same is with long-standing serious mental disorders.

<x) He lived with the victim. But on the basis of the information we have access, they have recently crashed over the” legacy, Selimaj told Express.

Neighbor killed two brothers for a piece of land

Murder was also in Podujevo. A 65-year-old there allegedly killed his two neighbours, the cause of a piece of land over which both sides claimed ownership.

Details about this case and the actions that are being taken to apprehend the suspect have provided the prosecutor with the case, Armend Hamiti.

Hamiti has told Gazeta Express that the suspect has not yet been arrested, but that they are conducting all investigative actions to arrest him as soon as possible.

“has not yet been arrested. The warrant has been issued on time, while we are already conducting all investigative actions so as soon as the case is completed, Hamiti has declared.

Asked whether it is likely the same one has gone abroad, Hamiti has said they officially do not have such information, but Express finds out that the allegations are that 65-year-old has left Kosovo.

Otherwise, police had confiscated four shellings and two cars at the scene, until after the raid on the suspect's house had been found and confiscated an AK-47 gun, a gas pistol and a hunting rifle.

The boy cut his father's head with axes in Fushe Kosovo

Even Fushe Kosova was shocked by a murder that had occurred within a family.

A 40-year-old man there had beheaded his 72-year-old father.

Kosovo Police spokesman Daut Hoxha had provided details about the murder.

The person who had committed the murder was suspected of having mental problems as well.

“Around 4:50 p.m. has received information on a murder that occurred in a private house in Fushe Kosovo. The relevant police units immediately went to the scene and found that a lifeless body is there. The forensic units and investigative units have also emerged immediately in the country. And he also went to the scene of the event, as did the caretaker prosecutor”, he said.

Dad killed the girl and then himself in Prizren

Murder within the family also occurred in Prizren. The police officer in Border Police, Sali Mazrek, 52, allegedly killed his 21-year-old daughter, Leonita, and then himself.

According to family members, the girl's death was accidental as the police officer was about to go to work.

Regarding the tragic event, the chief prosecutor of the Constitutional Prosecutor in Prizren, Admir Shala, has told Express that the prosecution is in the collection phase and is still unknown if it comes to accidental murder, as the family claims.

Shala said the crime was allegedly committed with the official border police weapon.

At around 19:15 a.m., the prosecution has received information from police that in the quarter “Edit Durham” in Prizren, two bodies have been found, police along with the custody prosecutor have appeared at the scene, and from there we found that it was two victims, father and daughter.

What we've got is that a firearm was found, an official weapon, since one of the victims is a Border Police police official, we've secured evidence, lifeless shame has been sent to the IML and we're waiting for the report from the institute and then we can come out with final conclusions about what really happened. Regarding the circumstances of the case we don't know what happened yet, we are in the initial phase of the investigation and collection of”, Shala said..