President Meta is declared after heavy event in Velipja

He says that it is a shocking event that requires full investigation of the circumstances and causes that led to the victim.

The shootout in Velipoj, with 4 victims and 2 injured, is another shocking event, requiring full investigation of circumstances and causes. I have long appealed to the State Police and other security and law enforcement structures to keep the country's territory under surveillance, which poses increased risks for conflicts, with the intent to prevent such serious criminal acts in time.

Conflicts with firearms, consumed in public environments and at the peak of the tourist season, endanger the lives and health of dozens of citizens, but in turn seriously damage Albania's image of local and foreign tourists. The beaches and centers of our cities do not deserve to be resemble the battlegrounds of “Wild West”.

So in this situation, which seems to be out of control and that every day produces the victim unfortunately, each high state authority must shoulder its own responsibility and give up cynical propaganda, which cannot cover the truths that we all see.

Order and public security have been seriously damaged and require new effective measures for ensuring them, with the aim of protecting the lives, health and property of the citizens”, the president writes.