
A serious incident has been uncovered by the Police in Durrës, where it was initially reported that a 59-year-old man had lost his life of natural causes, but investigations have revealed another version and a 42-year-old man has been arrested.
The incident occurred on April 13 of this year, in neighborhood no. 18 of Durrës, where the citizen with the initials GK, 42 years old, had a conflict for weak motives with the citizen SM, 59 years old.
During the conflict, the 42-year-old punched him, causing the victim to lose consciousness and fall to the asphalt, where he later died.
"The specialists for the investigation of crimes against the person at the Durrës Local Police Directorate, based on reasonable suspicions created after the loss of life of the 59-year-old citizen SM, who was previously suspected of losing his life due to cardiac arrest, continued actions to clarify the cause of the loss of life.
After intensive investigative actions carried out, it resulted that citizen GK, 42 years old, on 13.04.2026, in neighborhood no. 18, Durrës, had a conflict for weak motives with citizen SM, 59 years old, and then punched him, as a result of which citizen SM lost consciousness, fell to the asphalt and later lost his life.
"It was initially reported that this citizen lost his life due to natural causes, but after the suspicions created and from the entirety of the investigative actions carried out, under the direction of the Prosecutor's Office, it resulted that this citizen did not lose his life as a result of cardiac arrest," the blue uniforms announced.
At the end of the actions, the 42-year-old was arrested and proceedings were initiated against him for "negligent homicide".