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Gazeta Shqiptare

E premte, 5 nëntor 1999

Fatmir Haxhi is targeted

Jaho Salihi is seriously injured Andi Tela The fate of Haxhi Halili and the waiter Sallihi, and also of Ahmeti, was miraculously the same. No sooner had Topojë’s defeat arrived in Gjirokastër than three men got out of a car with foreign plates and went into the bar. The men, calm and dressed in sportswear, took a table and ordered only a beer each. That was enough for people to recognize them. At least those who were drinking coffee in that part of the city, where in the evening at least 20,000 [?!] to [?!] people came and went, perhaps all the night-life crowd without exception. Laughter began, greetings and glasses of beer were raised high. The café filled up immediately and the Tërbuni supporters were heading toward the table where the three unconfirmed friends had arrived, when the unexpected news caused a bewildering shock. They were being sent for journalist Shpëtim [?!]. The last year! [?!] By now the whole drama has been recounted as it was experienced. The waiter Sallihi had rushed over to help his close friend, Fatmiri, who had gone to congratulate his friend Ahmeti, but just as he knelt down in terror [?!], a hail of bullets broke out. At least around 100 cartridges [?!], all aimed at him. Thirty-seven bullets hit him. One passed through his abdomen, another hit his shoulder, and that one quickly severed the femoral artery. Salihi was crying, while his whole body was shaking. He tried to go toward the car and as he crossed the sidewalk he was in fact already wounded. The others had run away. They had left him to his own fate. Only minutes later they came out and lifted the bloodied man up. They took him to the hospital. Doctors now believe they may be able to save him. Earlier he would have died [?!] if he had not taken asylum in Italy and arrived in Tirana only last month, lack of evidence. SABANDE / Robbery in the hospital built by the English Doctor steals the city’s two echos Radiologist Agim Hasani now in handcuffs Tele-Bingo Number 1999 1 Tele-Bingo worth 10,000,000 lekë (new) 5 Tele-Bingos worth 1,000,000 lekë (new) 1 Star-Bingo worth 500,000 lekë (new) 1 Star-Bingo worth 150,000 lekë (new) Side 3 Today’s vote of confidence META starts with an iron hand Side 3
Fatmir Haxhi Jaho Salihi Andi Tela Haxhi Halili Sallihi Gjirokastër Itali Tiranë