Violence breeds violence, everything is condemnable

Minister Poçi had informed the Greeks about the danger 5 days earlier In the photo: Greek police negotiating with the hostage-taker LAST MINUTE Around 8:30 p.m. the Greek bus, together with the hostages, arrived from Kakavija at the Albanian border. A relative of the hostage-taker, who was returning to Albania, was informed. The released hostage-taker was still armed with a pistol; he was still keeping the hostages in his sights. Seven or eight hours had passed, determined, across the ground and not an hour. So, at the time of the hostage-taking? The Minister of Public Order has taken the decision to leave him without further Albanian authority. The Ministry of the Interior is convinced that the Albanian encirclement, the bus with hostages, will enter Albanian territory. The Ministry of Public Order has taken the decision not to allow the serious incident to be exposed on Albanian territory. We continue, the number of this last one who did not have the means at his disposal for the act. An armed man with an automatic weapon entered the Greek bus and took 5 Greek citizens hostage, including two children. He requested political asylum. To avoid danger, he asked the driver to turn toward Gjirokastër. According to Greek police, the hostage-taker is 25-year-old Astrit Kalakulla from the village of Mingul in Pogradec. According to statements by the Greek media, the hostage-taker claimed that his name was Edmond Bufi. Although with this identity, the name has also been presented on Greek territory. In the area opposite the two governments, a joint police operation began. Initially the operation was crowned by entry onto Albanian territory. The Ministry of Public Order has taken the decision to prevent him from entering Albanian territory. The Ministry of the Interior has made it known that the serious incident will not be allowed to be displayed on Albanian territory. In these hours, rescue in another area, including the forces of the Ministry of the Interior, has asked to free the hostage-taker so as to return to Albanian soil. Also according to a public announcement made by the Minister of Public Order, Spartak Poci, initially the hostages entering the bus with hostages were to enter Albanian territory. In these hours, further developments on Greek territory. PAGE 16

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