"I don't want to be extradited, my life is in danger from Aldo Bare"- He was sentenced to 18 years in prison for the Lushnja massacre, Laert Haxhiu denies being the assassin! He is sent to a high security prison in Greece

Laert Haxhiu, the young man from Lushnja who was arrested in Greece, has denied being the author of the Lushnja massacre with two killed.

He appeared before the court yesterday where he was acquainted with the charges against him as well as with the arrest warrant issued by Albania. But the arrested person told the Court of Ioannina that in fact he should not have returned to Albania as his life is in danger from his rivals who are Aldo Bare's gang.

As a result, the court assigned him a fixed-term prison in Lushnja, while he will spend this time in Koridhalos prison, in Athens. In the courtroom it is learned that his defense lawyer was also present, while our institutions claim that the extradition process will be possible, even though we actually do not have one.

However, there are strong suspicions about the young man that he is the person who organized that fatal attack with a gun against the son of Ramadan Shkurti, the person who was killed in March '97, creating one of the most notorious gangs in the country together with rivalry between the parties.

This rivalry continues to this day, while the number of dead between them is dozens, the battle continues for more than 26 years.

The court of Ioannina has acquitted Laert Haxhiu of three charges in the Greek state and has set the measure of 'prison arrest' with a 40-day deadline in connection with Albania's request for extradition.

Haxhiu, who was arrested a few days ago in Greece, appeared yesterday before the court in Ioannina, which acquitted him of the charges committed in the neighboring country, which were passport forgery, violent opposition to police officers and illegal crossing the border.

It is now expected that a second session will take place in the court of Ioannina, with the object of examining the request of the Albanian side to extradite him to Albania. According to the data, a second session will take place in this court, with the object of examining our party's request to extradite him to Albania.

The reason for Haxhiu's stay in Greece is related to the fact that he had two members of his family there. The 31-year-old was sent to a High Security prison in Greece, in Koridhalos, and according to the Greek media, Laert Haxhiu did not accept the charges and does not want to be extradited, but wants to stay in Greece.

The case will go to the Appeals Council to decide for or against his extradition and then to the Supreme Court. Laert Haxhiu is suspected of being the main assassin of the event of September 11, 2017, where Jurgen Hoxha and Zamir Latifi were killed in the center of the city of Lushnja.

Haxhiu is suspected of being the main author of the pistol wounding of Saimo Xheli, an event that happened on September 25, 2016, where in the same year he tried to execute Aldo Bare's nephew, Xjuljo Shkurti, in the center of Lushnja. He was sentenced by the Court of Lushnja to 18 years in prison for remaining attempted murder, a file that according to the data is still in the Supreme Court.

Sources from SPAK have informed that they have forwarded the materials for the 31-year-old to the Ministry of Justice, while the latter has forwarded it to the Greek judiciary through mail. For the Lushnja massacre, the Special Court has given two life sentences to Orges Bilbili and Anterio Kaloshi, while the trial for Laert Haxhiu is still in progress.