
The Criminal Court of Tirana has returned to the prosecution the file of former policeman Arbër Sula, who killed with a firearm in a market in the early hours of the morning of December 14, 2021, Jurgen Dukë, to change the qualification of the criminal offense. Prosecutor Petri Hysi came to the court with the charge of "murder in conditions of severe mental shock", while in the court's assessment the charge should be "murder for special qualities".
The defendant had requested a shortened trial, which was not accepted by the court, while it is expected that the prosecution will withdraw the file and come up with a new charge. The former crime agent on duty in Dibër, shot dead the 29-year-old man in the conflict that started over the payment queue at the market on 'Irfan Tomini' street.
Initially, Duka was injured while he died in the trauma hospital in Tirana after the bullet hit him in the heart. Arbër Sula was on the run for more than two months, as he surrendered to the police on March 1 of this year.
Jurgen Duka was not an unknown name to the police as he had a previous criminal record. The most recent case, in 2020, he was arrested together with Elison Hysenbelli as part of the anti-drug operation between Italy and Albania, codenamed 'Riviera', and was to be extradited to the neighboring country for trial.