After the serious incident in the high security prison in Peqin, where Sokol Mjacaj shot and killed the convict Arben Lleshi and injured two other people, the director of the prison Kamber Hoxha and 12 other employees have been arrested.

Earlier, Sokol Mjacaj stated that he had secured the weapon more than a month and a half ago. It is suspected that he had accomplices to introduce the weapon into the prison because it does not appear that they introduced it with a drone.

Mjacaj says that he killed Arben Lleshi because he had a fight with him, after he accepted in the sector. But the prosecution has suspicions of organized murder against payment.

Convicted for the murder of his compatriot in England, who was Arben Lleshi who was killed today in Peqin prison - KosovaPress

Police notification

Regarding the incident that happened yesterday, in IEVP Peqin, where the citizen Sokol Mjaçaj killed with a firearm, the citizen Arben Lleshi, injured the citizen Indrit Shaqja (all three of these citizens were serving a life sentence in IEVP Peqin), who is currently in the care of doctors, as well as threatening with this weapon, the service employees in this IEPP, we inform you that:

The judicial police officers of the Elbasan Local Police Directorate executed the order of the prosecutor, for the execution of the arrest in flagrante delicto for the criminal offenses of murder in other qualifying circumstances, illegal possession and production of weapons, explosive weapons and ammunition and introduction or possession of prohibited items in the institution of execution of prison sentences, of the citizen Sokol Mjaçaj (28).

Also, the specialists for the Investigation of Crimes against the Person, in cooperation with the Internal Control Service of the Prison System, executed the order of the prosecutor, for the detention of the citizens for the criminal offense of abuse of office:

- KH, 59 years old, resident in Tirana, acting director of IEVP Peqin;
- QM, 60 years old, resident of Elbasan, acting as Chief of Police of IEVP Peqin;
-N. Gj., 54-years-old, resident of Tirana, former head of the Police of IEVP Peqin;
-V. Sh., 37 years old, resident in Tirana, with the duty of head of regime in IEVP Peqin;
-AD, 52 years old, resident in Tirana, with the duty of information specialist in the operating room of IEVP Peqin;
-IB, 46 years old, resident in Peqin, service policeman of IEVP Peqin;
-FM, 43 years old, resident of Lushnje, police officer of IEVP Peqin;
-FP, 50 years old, resident in Belsh, service policeman of IEVP Peqin;
-GM, 49 years old, resident of Lushnja, police officer of IEVP Peqin;
-KH, 44 years old, resident of Peqin, police officer of IEVP Peqin;
-E. Ç., 36 years old, resident of Belsh, police officer of IEVP Peqin;
- ID, 41-years-old, resident of Peqin, police officer of IEVP Peqin.

Following the procedural actions, the firearm used in the incident was seized, as well as other material evidence that will serve the investigation.

In the direction of the Prosecution at the Court of First Instance of Elbasan General Jurisdiction, intensive investigations continue to individualize the criminal responsibility of the arrested citizens, as well as to clarify and legally document the circumstances of this event. /Euronews Albania