ONE DEAD, ONE WOUNDED IN POLICE OPERATION IN KONDOVO
admin1 – March 2, 2006 – 2:32pm
Kondovo

One individual was killed, one wounded, and one arrested in the police operation carried out in Kondovo this morning, the Interior Ministry reported at a briefing. According to the official statement, the police had information on the exact location of the three criminals, who resisted arrested. The individual killed was Enver Xhaferi, 27 years old, who had a large criminal dossier and against whom four arrest warrants had been issued. The arrested is a citizen of Albania who obeyed the police orders and surrendered. The village is closed at the moment.

The Interior Ministry announced officially that the criminal group was convicted of serious crimes and that it put up armed resistance during the police operation. Enver Xhaferi reached for a hand grenade and gun, which were located near his bed, while Luri Fatmir, 24 years old, tried to fire with a light machinegun. The police fired a few bullets and Xhaferi was killed, while Luri was injured in the shinbone.