Amin, the brother of 11-year-old Halil Xhani, killed by the blood-feud avenger, seeks rescue from the tower where he has been confined for a year, three months and ten days The blood-feud avenger has sent word that he will kill him too, although he is only 13 years old. For Koha Jonë he tells how he spends his days at home

Near the end, but not finished, the human ordeal of the Xhani family is again before the public, a family already condemned for 14 months by the Pjetrushi clan in Dukagjin. Saved for four days from revenge, 11-year-old Halil Xhani, killed at midday on 15 June, has turned the terrible odyssey of what happened to the Xhani family into the painful tragedy of this family's life story; not infrequently their days break against the walls of the tower where the wounded alive live. And the prospect of their son returning to the school bench will not bring happiness again. The bitter life in confinement may perhaps have begun with the first order to kill one of the Xhani family children, but not infrequently it is shown more vividly afterward, as the ordeal that has followed the family became that way. As soon as Halil was killed by a blood relative, the course of this family's days has once again become more dangerous. His mother and her seven children will continue to live out the terror while seeking help from afar. Thus, in the remote village of Dukagjin, where their village lies among the hills, people now hear, just as they themselves painfully sense, the burden that awaits another child to fall upon him. Amin, the brother about whom Koha Jonë writes today, tells how he spends his days at home. He is a 13-year-old boy, locked in the tower for a long time, and says he has been told by the blood-feud avenger that he will kill him too. Separated from suffering, the children's mother, who has not yet recovered from the pain of her murdered son, is torn between the fear of losing another child and the hope that the state will intervene. In the midst of this bleak picture of endless revenge, Albania at the end of this millennium seems to continue confronting wounds that do not heal. page 9

House of candidacies from civil society for the local elections Independent Vlora MP Fejzo challenges PD and PS Submits his parliamentary mandate to run for mayor in Vlorë Vlorë, 21 July – For the local elections, a new and unknown name has entered the race for the administration of Vlorë. Fejzo Fejzo, the 45-year-old, the only "M" remaining active, says "p" I have decided to run independently in the 1 October contest. "In mbeshtë deklaon". "I will run as an independent, with the names of the citizens of Vlorë as my support," he declared, asking for support for the independent MP not to be missed.

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