Today, the Kosovo police arrested Alil Demir, who was wanted on an international arrest warrant issued by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of North Macedonia for the criminal offense of "terrorism" for the murder of five young men in 2012 in Skopje.
The 38-year-old Demiri was arrested on August 24 in Kosovo, where he is believed to have been since he escaped after being sentenced to life imprisonment in 2012 by a court of first instance, in the case known as "Monstra". The case went back for a retrial and he was again sentenced to life imprisonment in absentia in 2021.
The Macedonian Ministry of the Interior said that the Kosovo Police announced on August 24 that "Demiri will appear before the competent judge".
He was wanted by order of the Basic Court of Skopje, for committing the criminal offense of "terrorism" under Article 394 of the Criminal Code, in connection with the well-known "Monster" case of the murder of five young Macedonians near Smilkova lake, near Skopje. on April 12, 2012.
The victims were four young men aged between 18 and 20 and another aged 44. Their dead bodies were found on the night of April 12 of that year by some people who were fishing in the artificial lake.
In addition to Alil Demir, the brothers Agim and Afrim Ismailović were sentenced to life imprisonment in this case. For participating in this murder, Fejzi Aziri was sentenced to 15 years in prison, while Haki Aziri was sentenced to nine years in prison.