New details have emerged from the serious crime that occurred on Monday afternoon in the premises of the Court of Appeal where Judge Astrit Kalaja was executed.
The perpetrator, now identified and arrested, Elvis Shkëmbi, shot the citizen three times.
Two other citizens, a father and son, were also injured in this serious incident. One of them received a bullet in the arm, the other a bullet below the rib.
Police said the incident occurred at around 3:40 p.m., inside the courthouse. The suspected perpetrator is Elvis Shkëmbi, 30.
According to the police, the latter shot at the judge and the other party in the trial, Rakip and Ervis Kurtaj, father and son, 65 and 45 years old, respectively.
"Upon receiving the notification, the Police Services immediately went to the scene and made it possible to capture and escort to the premises of the Tirana Police Department, the suspected perpetrator, citizen E. Sh., and seized the crime weapon," the police said.
Security cameras at the courthouse have also been seized to see how the perpetrator entered with a weapon, while court security employees are also being questioned.