“You have devastated our region.” These were the first words spoken by Lazër Bashi, the man who was injured in the attack in which Prelë and Lekë Gjoni, father and son, were shot dead in the Dukagjin area.

Bashi survived the barrage of bullets and, wounded in the shoulder, walked around two kilometres in search of help.

According to his testimony, Bashi happened to be sitting in the back of the vehicle with Prelë and Lekë Gjoni when they came under fire.

The attackers are suspected of using two weapons, a Kalashnikov and an MP5, firing more than 50 bullets.

At the time of the attack, Bashi lay down inside the vehicle and was hit by a bullet in the shoulder. He remained hidden for several minutes, until the attackers left the scene.

The vehicle had lost control and overturned onto one side. After making sure the attackers were no longer there, Bashi managed to get out of the vehicle, taking his mobile phone with him.

However, the area where the attack took place had no mobile signal. For this reason, the wounded man walked for around 40 minutes through difficult mountainous terrain, covering nearly two kilometres on foot.

Phone call

As soon as he reached a café near the junction where the Pult road connects with the road to Shosh, Bashi called a relative. The first words he said were: “You have devastated our region.”

He then explained that he had been in the vehicle with Prelë and Lekë Gjoni and that the two men had been killed on the spot.

Bashi washed the blood flowing from his wound at a fountain near the café and then waited for transport to Shkodër Regional Hospital.

Because of the considerable loss of blood, he was later transferred to the Trauma Hospital in Tirana for more specialised treatment. He is currently out of danger.

Police still without suspects

Shkodër Police and the Prosecutor’s Office are continuing their investigation to identify those responsible for the double murder and the wounding.

So far, no person has been identified as the perpetrator of the incident. Officers have brought in several people for questioning, but there is still no concrete information about their responsibility.

The main lines of investigation include Lekë Gjoni’s divorce around three months ago and a conflict that took place several years ago.

However, the family members have said they are unaware of any recent conflict.

Prelë and Lekë Gjoni were returning from their former home in Dukagjin, where they also kept several beehives, heading towards Shkodër. They were ambushed on Xhani Road.

Lekë Gjoni worked with a truck, transporting construction materials and an excavator in the Dukagjin area. According to information made public, he was not known as a problematic person and moved freely around the area.

The difficult mountainous terrain, the lack of a mobile signal and the fact that the area is not monitored by security cameras have significantly complicated the investigators’ work.

Police and the prosecution are continuing to collect evidence and question people who may have information about the incident, with the aim of fully solving the double murder and identifying those responsible.

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Last night, a double murder shocked Shkodër, where two people, 82-year-old Prelë Gjoni and his 57-year-old son, Lekë Gjoni, were shot dead, while Lazër Bashi, who happened to be in the vehicle, was wounded.

The SUV they were traveling in was riddled with bullets.

The two victims were returning from their old home in Dukagjin toward Shkodër when, before they had even left the road in the village of Xhan, two unidentified individuals opened fire on them, killing the father and son and wounding another person.

The injured man was taken to Shkodër Hospital and later transferred to Tirana for specialized treatment. He is currently in stable condition and out of danger. Lazër Bashi miraculously survived the attack while he was in the rear of the SUV.

Dozens of police officers and members of the RENEA special unit immediately arrived at the scene, launching searches in the area to identify, and subsequently locate and arrest, the perpetrators.

Police found more than 50 bullet casings at the scene. Two weapons were used—an AK-47 assault rifle and an MP5—confirming that at least two people fired at the SUV carrying the two victims.

Testimonies

The victims’ relatives told police that Prelë and Lekë Gjoni had no conflicts and said they had no idea who the perpetrators might be. The family confirmed that, one day before the killings, the father and son had gone to the old residence, where they kept several beehives, and were returning normally toward Grudë in Shkodër, where they lived.

Investigation

Police are currently focusing their suspicions in this murder case on the 57-year-old man’s divorce from his wife three months ago. They have four children together. However, there is still no concrete evidence linking the killings to the divorce, but this is the lead on which the investigative team focused immediately after the double murder.

Lekë Gjoni worked with a truck and, in recent days, had transported construction materials for a house in the village of Gjuraj in Dukagjin. He also had an excavator and was working with another local resident. Police did not know him as a problematic person, and there is no information about any possible external conflicts.

Police and the prosecutor’s office are continuing their investigation to fully clarify the incident. Linking the evidence to possible perpetrators remains difficult because of the rugged mountainous terrain, the lack of mobile phone signal in the area, and the fact that the roads and forests are not monitored by security cameras.

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