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Gazeta Shqiptare

E premte, 6 qershor 1997

Who is hiding behind the attacker

Ceta. “They tell me to go to the rally. That’s how I was killed”[?] If you are false from the Military Hospital, the author of the sensational attack on the President of the Republic The prosecutor's office opens an investigation into the case. I Ru escapes from a coma and begins to testify... The day after yesterday The villager recounts the event REPORTAGE FROM SHKALLNURI A few hours after the madman had struck the president and left him lying unconscious, “the discharged one”[?] Burim[?] had woken up[?] and was questioned by the police investigators. “I was told to go to the rally. They said they would give me an invalidity pension...,” he said in a low voice and with tears in his eyes, the “villager”[?] who caused havoc in the courtyard of the municipal building. Ceta’s friends say that in recent days he had been a man showing strong signs of a nervous crisis. According to an official decision, he was a second-group invalid. All this information is strengthening the theory that the attacker was moved by someone else according to an order, and not as a person with full awareness. The moment when Çeta gets close to the president TIRANË - "I swear if you didn’t hit the enemy, the moon and it won’t warm him during the day". This is how the residents of Shkallnur, ironically, describe their fellow villager on TV. the wounded man, caught in the afternoon[?]. According to the residents, he is a disturbed, closed-off person, "with everything"[?], but he had never been a dangerous man. The attacker case took a completely new turn yesterday after the police investigation. All signs point to the fact that everything was staged, that the person had been used as an instrument. TV. the wounded man said yesterday, after coming out of a coma, that someone had promised him an invalidity pension and money if he went to the PD rally. SHKALLNUR - Just a few hours after the journal amb had drawn everyone’s attention to the President’s attacker, TV. said in a low voice that he had not gone of his own will toward the center of Durrës, but that someone had urged him on. The villagers describe him as a closed, lonely man, with nervous problems and poor. See the news on page 3
Çeta Meksi Shkallnur Tiranë Durrës

The attack the day after

The villager recounts the event A few hours after the madman had struck the president and left him lying unconscious, “the discharged one”[?] Burim[?] had woken up[?] and was questioned by the police investigators. “I was told to go to the rally. So, they said they would give me an invalidity pension...” From page 3 See the news at the[?] and this amb as an adventure to recount the event The school where Wednesday’s attack was carried out (Photo: P. T.)
Meksi

PS, among the dissatisfied

Controversy after the screening of the candidacies A quarrel between Gjushi and Milo Two defendants[?] the candidacies in the PSD government “My Vlora” On page 2 Hall of PD TIRANË - With an unexpected burst of energy, a buzz has circled around the first names on the list of candidates for deputies put forward by the political forces, especially the Socialists. Karar and ça[?] emerged yesterday as a step toward still unresolved parts of the process. Negotiations are still ongoing and everywhere there is talk of bargaining over lists, removing and adding names. It seems that the dissatisfied candidates will try one last time, especially where positions are still shifting. Hall of PS
Milo Ceka Tiranë Vlorë

Albania - zigzags and politics

Seminar Tiranë, the telephone threats are now fashionable. Bomb alert at Leka and the students The lecture halls of the three faculties are evacuated in a moment On page 4 TIRANË - Bomb threat at the Faculty of Medicine. Alarmed by an anonymous note regarding the placement of explosives, local police, rapid intervention forces and intelligence officers cleared 1,105 people out of the premises of this faculty. In the end, the alert, just like in the morning at the Faculty of Economics, turned out to be false. TIRANË - Today’s press in Kosovo and Macedonia has also given special importance to Wednesday’s incident in Albania as well as to last night’s meeting of the Electoral Commission with representatives of the parties. "Ekspresi"? Everyone interprets the meeting as an important step in the electoral process. According to the Albanian newspaper in Macedonia "Flaka", the positive side of this meeting was the full participation of all parties, which brings a standard compared with the elections of 26 May. Most of the press in Prishtina and Tiranë refers to the blockage of the list of left-wing parties. In the newspaper "Bujku" this situation is described as a lack of political maturity. Leka Zogu
Leka Zogu Tiranë Kosovë Maqedoni Shqipëri Prishtinë

The presidential guard that saved Berisha’s life: “if the bullet had hit, it would have killed him” On page 4
Berishës

Two army depots burn

ELBASAN Two army depots burn Lancaster warehouses are destroyed. Unknown causes trigger investigations On page 5
Elbasan

English lesson against Italy

FOOTBALL English lesson against Italy Matthaeus loses 10 thousand marks on a bet. Klinsmann does not score his 15th goal On page 7
Klinsmann Leka Itali

Bomb alert at Leka and the students

The lecture halls of the three faculties are evacuated in a moment In Tirana, telephone threats have now become fashionable. TIRANË - Bomb threat at the Faculty of Medicine. Alarmed by an anonymous note regarding the placement of explosives, local police, rapid intervention forces and intelligence officers cleared 1,105 people out of the premises of this faculty. In the end, the alert, just like in the morning at the Faculty of Economics, turned out to be false. Leka Zogu On page 4
Leka Zogu Tiranë