The police opened fire/ How the injury happened in Tirana, 3 people are arrested

2024-03-22 13:51:00, Kronika CNA

The Police Supervision Agency has given details about the injury of a person by the police officers, after he did not obey the orders of the officers.

The AMP clarifies that the investigations have shown that the Police officers have called on the suspected persons several times to stop the attempts to leave and in the conditions when the driver of the vehicle has not obeyed, performing maneuvers with a high risk to life of Police employees, firearms were used to neutralize the vehicle.

During the shooting, the ES citizen was injured, who is under the care of doctors at the Trauma Hospital, out of danger for life.

The three persons ES, SH.O., IB have fallen into the custody of the police, as well as the citizen MH, as suspects for the criminal offenses "Production and sale of narcotics", "Opposition to the police officer" and " Disobedience to police officers".

AMP Notice:

On 21.03.2024, on "Mihal Duri" Street, Tirana, the structures for the Investigation against Narcotics at the Tirana Local Police Directorate, during police actions in the function of a criminal proceeding, with the aim of arresting several persons suspected of the criminal offense "Production and sale of narcotics", carried out in cooperation, have encountered the opposition and disobedience of some citizens, where one of them, driving a "Tiguan" type vehicle, in an attempt to leave, has performed dangerous maneuvers by hitting and being posed a serious risk to the lives of several police officers, as well as caused material damage to a State Police vehicle.

The Police Surveillance Agency, under the direction of the Prosecutor's Office at the Court of First Instance of the General Jurisdiction in Tirana, is carrying out all the necessary procedural investigative actions, including the inspection and analysis of film footage of the scene, in order to evidence and verify the proportionality of police actions, if they have exceeded the necessary protection.

From the investigations so far, it results that during the execution of the police actions, with the aim of arresting the suspected persons, the Police officers have called on the suspected persons several times to stop the attempts to leave and in the conditions when the driver of the vehicle has not obeyed , performing maneuvers with high risk for the lives of Police officers, firearms were used to neutralize the vehicle.

Due to the intense actions of the police officers and the erratic movements of the vehicle, the shell of the gun pierced the driver's side of the door, and as a result the ES citizen was injured, who is under the care of doctors at the Trauma Hospital. , out of danger to life.

Regarding the incident, the Police Surveillance Agency has arrested three citizens, with the initials ES, SH.O., IB, as well as the citizen MH, as a suspect for the criminal offenses "Production and sale of narcotics". "Opposition to the police officer" and "Disobedience to the police officer".

Investigations continue for the full clarification of the circumstances of the event./ CNA