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Gazeta Shqiptare

E martë, 3 gusht 1999

Vlorë revenge in the capital

Vlorë revenge in the capital No one would have believed that such an attack could be carried out 50 meters from the building of the Capital Police Directorate. The killer had planned everything and left at the end of the boulevard, arriving at speed On page 7
Kryeqytet

Disaster in India, 500 dead

Two trains collide Disaster in India, 500 dead It was a collision between two trains that caused yesterday morning’s railway disaster in India. So far, 200 bodies have been found and the number of dead may be more than 500 On page 8
Indi

WHEN EVEN THE CORN IS BLOODY

Fatos Shkaba Deep there, under a finger-pointed, battered, painful memory, the home of bloody words every day alive. The nose gave off a smell of blood even in the city’s outer neighborhoods. The dark red of the boulevard seemed to inspire the sighs of dust. When it was learned that he had been killed at the corn pile on the outskirts, the people became even more frightened. And on the boulevard, the flow of cars took a sideways direction, making dangerous curves to avoid a line of police. The two corn bins were burning there, 50 cm next to a chick. A shoe had been left there, torn away and with one pile scattered, as if it held within itself the entire crime scene. All this was described as a dirty clash between two gangs. In fact, that morning it was simply an execution. A man was killed at the corn pile. What was seen was terrible. Beside him, still warm, was the body of a slaughtered rooster. [text partially illegible] On page 7
Fatos Shkaba