The target of Sunday's attack that caused three victims in Fushë Krujë is suspected to have been the wanted person Ervis Martinaj. The group of perpetrators, believed to have been at least 4 people, went out on the road that connects Rinas with Fushë-Kruja, to hit the vehicle where Briland Martinaj was, thinking that Ervis Martinaj was also there.
The investigators have raised this suspicion based on the number of people involved in the assassination and the sophisticated way of organizing the event.
Ervis Martinaj has been in hiding since May 18, 2022, due to a measure of "prison arrest" imposed by SPAK, for the charge of "Providing the means to commit the murder" of Endri Dokles, carried out in the form of a "Structured Criminal Group". , Ora writes.
Briland Martinaj was his most trusted man, who often transported the wanted businessman during his movements.
The Fushë-Kruja overpass is not covered by security cameras of any of the businesses, and what's more, there is no field of view from its two sides, (East-West), due to the placement of high bars, which serve for car maintenance in case of accident.
The executioners have chosen this place to open fire on the two Martinaj cousins, but their plan yesterday afternoon was not fully fulfilled.
This is because Ervis Martinaj was not in the "Passat" type car that was attacked with over 40 automatic bullets. The group of 4 people managed to create a real massacre, leaving the 3 people who were in the car dead on the spot, where one of them, Diklen Vata, was executed outside the vehicle, while trying to escape the bullets.
While the other two people, Arbër Hoxha and Briland Martinaj, remained dead inside the car without being able to make any movement. Martinaj and Hoxhaj were in the front seats while the "Passat" gasoline vehicle was engulfed in flames.
The police do not yet know for sure whether the fire was set by the perpetrators, or whether the bullets that penetrated the car caused the flames.
At the moment, the criminal case has been registered at the Kruja prosecutor's office, for the charge of "Murder in qualifying circumstances against 1 or more persons" and "Possessing weapons without a permit".