On the "Opinion" show tonight, the murder of Edmond Papa on December 16, 2022 was discussed.
Invited to the studio of the show, journalist Klodiana Lala said that she connects this murder with the assassination of Aleksandër Sadikaj at the TEG roundabout in June of last year.
Lala emphasized that Sadikaj's family had at that time filed a complaint with the Prosecutor's Office with the suspicion that Edmond Papa was involved in the crime. She said, among other things, that one of those announced as an accomplice for the execution of the Pope, Albano Velo, is suspected of having family ties with Sadikaj.
Blendi Fevziu: The Albanian police asked for information about the murder with 3 victims in Greece. But yesterday, the person who kept Edmond Pope under surveillance, Albano Velo, came out for the first time. Today, 44-year-old Andrew Bode became the executor. Is there a connection between the two murders?
Klodiana Lala: His murder is linked to a murder of the TEG roundabout, the assassination of 27-year-old Aleksandër Sadikaj, who turned out to be the owner of assets worth 5 million euros, turned out to have been filed. The family members of Aleksandër Sadikaj had denounced Edmond Papaj after the incident as one of the persons implicated in the mafia assassination. It was a serious event from the way it was carried out because it was in the middle of the day, the lives of many citizens were endangered, it left no trace and it was a macabre event. At that time, Sadikaj's family referred you to the Prosecutor's Office.
Blendi Fevziu: So murder for revenge?
Klodiana Lala: Papaj was the last contact on Sadikaj's cell phone, they had let him meet somewhere at the TEG part, a little later the remote-controlled explosion happened. There are two people besides the Pope who have been denounced by Sadikaj's family, but I cannot make them public. They are absolutely free.
Edmond Papa, on the day he was killed, he left the hotel in Saranda and left early in the morning, picked up his mother in Fier and brought her to the hospital, returned to his brother's house in Tirana and at the moment he saw the author, he recognized the person because he tried to answer him. From the investigations of the prosecution, 9 bullets were fired. The killer was well acquainted with the area. Albano Velo is suspected to be related to Aleksandër Sadikaj.