FLASH
Shkruar nga Entela Kaloti
" Steve hasn't left, he's here. He hasn't been gone a day! "
With these words that come from the depths of a broken heart, Aurela, the mother of Stiven Toshkes, commemorates her son's 22nd birthday. Despite the celebration, the cake and the joy, this is a silent birthday. A touching, silent anniversary, where pain takes the place of joy and absence screams louder than any words.
"Happy birthday, my life! You are my light in the darkness. You were born to live in eternity, my son!" she wishes her son, who she thinks of as close to her, her trembling voice touching everyone's hearts, as white balloons rise towards the sky.
Instead of gifts, there is this memorial by decision of the Tirana City Council, in the high school where he studied. A cold granite slab with the inscription that touches every passerby: "In memory of Stiven Toshkes, former student of Partizani high school - only love you gave, fly to higher dimensions!"
A plaque that carries the weight of a life cut short, of a extinguished hope, of an energetic and dreamy soul.
Steve was a student at the "German College of Technology". He loved painting, sports, traveling. He was the boy with the smile that lit up every environment, with a big soul and heart. Handsome and with an aura that stunned! In the eyes of his friends, he was a model. In the family, he was adoration and pride. In the neighborhood, he was the smile that everyone loved.
His dream was to become a businessman. He wanted to open his own restaurant, a passion that began at the age of 17, when he worked and managed a bar for a few months. He was also attracted to the world of technology and car design. He wanted to go far and until then it seemed that he had paved the way to success, but he did not think that this path would be cut short before it had even begun.
His life was treacherously cut short, on this street between April 17 and 18, 2023, by a knife in the hand of a peer, near his home, on a holy night for Muslim believers, the Night of Power.
The knife that took his life also pierced our hearts...
Mother's pain
For his mother Aurela, my friend of 20 years, the pain is deep, but the longing for her son is even greater. Few can understand her... This has made her look beyond life, find solace in faith and other dimensions of life. Time stopped for her on April 18, 2023. Nothing material in this world matters to her anymore. Every day is the same....
Largimi i Stivit nga kjo botë e ka bërë atë një tjetër njeri. Ajo nuk do ta ndajë dhimbjen me askënd. Nuk pyet pse? Nuk kërkon shpjegime, nuk shan dhe as mallkon, por kërkon vetëm drejtësi, dhe më shumë se atë tokësore, kërkon drejtësinë hyjnore. Refuzon çdo ftesë mediatike dhe debat publik mbi vrasjen e të birit, se dhimbja e saj nuk ka ngushëllim.
Takimet me Lelën siç e thërrasim ne, janë një privilegj, sepse qetësinë e gjen në vetminë e saj, në dhomën e të birit, ku qëndron prej më shumë se dy vitesh dhe ku ajo thotë se e ndjen pranë.
Ne bisedat me të, të duket vetja e vogël, kur flet për madhështinë e shpirtërores dhe afrimin që ajo ka me Zotin, për fokusin, apo qëllimet dhe kuptimin që ka marrë tani, jeta në tokë.
U njohëm kur djemtë tanë ishin vetëm 2 vjeç në redaksinë e lajmeve të Neës 24 dhe që prej asaj kohe nuk ndanim vetëm korridoret dhe punën, por edhe jetën tonë. Bisedat dhe kafet tona ishin të lidhura me jetën e fëmijëve tanë; rreth gëzimeve, shqetësimeve, dëshirave, të ardhmes dhe shkollimit të tyre.
Çfarë na mësoi Stivi?
Ndarja nga jeta e Stivit nuk tronditi vetëm familjen, shoqërinë dhe të gjithë ne, por na ndryshoi edhe jetën. Na bëri të kuptojmë se sa e rëndësishme dhe e vyer është jeta. Na bëri të kuptojmë se çfarë vërtet ka rëndësi dhe kuptim. Dhe nuk janë arritjet, sukseset, fama, karriera, pasuria, apo pushteti, por është dashuria... janë ato gjërat e thjeshta, gëzimi që gjendet në to. Është familja, koha që kalojmë me njerëzit që duam, janë miqtë e vërtetë, shoqëria dhe shëndeti. Për ta jetuar jetën thjesht, pa egoizëm dhe pa lakmi. Stivi na bëri të kuptojmë se jemi kalimtarë të kësaj bote; që nuk mund ta ndryshojmë dot fatin tonë, por kemi në dorë vetëm një gjë: të zgjedhim të bëhemi njerëz më të mirë, ose e kundërta.
Historia e Stivit, ashtu si e shumë të rinjve të tjerë që kanë humbur jetën në mënyrë të ngjashme dhe të padrejtë në vendin tonë, është një thirrje e fortë dhe reflektim për të gjithë ne. Një apel për ndërgjegjësim dhe edukim. Për të ndalur dhunën, për të mbrojtur jetën, për të krijuar një shoqëri ku jeta e një të riu të mos shuhet në mesnatë, por të lulëzojë në dritë.
Si ndodhi ngjarja 2 vite më parë?
Sherri për një vajzë i nisur në rrjetet sociale degjeneroi fillimisht në një plagosje të lehtë te rruga e Elbasanit dhe më pas në një sulm fatal me thikë pranë shtëpisë së tij.
Stivi kthehej si çdo ditë nga puna, (pas shkollës ) rreth mesnatës kur autori Aksel Hoxhaj dhe shoku i tij Ensi Maze, po e prisnin në derë të shtëpisë.
Stiv's family and friends say that he had a conflict with Arbër Murataj, the son of the notorious Admir Murataj, who was killed in the Rinas robbery in April 2019, when he shot at the police. Two months before the incident, Arbër Murataj called Stiv to clarify things. To calm the bloodshed, the two met on Elbasan Street, near the Ballet School, where they had also left the meeting to clarify things. But, when Stiv went to the meeting, he was stabbed by 18-year-old Arbër Murataj.
Stivi managed to defend himself and was slightly wounded in the stomach and left the scene, but did not file a police report, after being threatened with death by Murataj. Two months later, on April 18, he was shot to death, also with a knife, by Aksel Hoxhaj, who turns out to be a close friend of Arbër Murataj since first grade. Meanwhile, Ensi Maze, who was also at the scene, held Stivi's friend inside the vehicle, so that he would not help him. The latter was caught on the day of the crime by the police, while the perpetrator surrendered himself after 2 days.
The conviction of the perpetrators and the suspicions of the family members
After almost two years of court hearings, on March 30 of this year, the Tirana Court sentenced young Axel Hoxhaj to 18 years in prison. He was found guilty of the murder of Stivën Toshkësi on April 18, at around 00:15, on “Skënder Sallaku” street, in the capital, near the “Partizani” high school.
Ensi Maze, a young man who was present with the perpetrator at the time of the crime, was also found guilty of failing to report the crime. He was sentenced to 3 years in prison and is now free.
The two young men were in constant conflict with each other over a girl, a conflict that ended in fatality. According to the black squads, this conflict, although for weak motives, had engaged the perpetrator's group in finding information and the victim's location. According to the family, there are also phone messages in which Arbër Murataj wanted to give a reward for finding information about Stiv.
However, the meeting at midnight on April 18, 2 years ago, at the entrance to Steve's house was considered by the court to be accidental and the murder, according to it, occurred after a momentary conflict and without premeditation.
But Steve's family thinks otherwise, claiming that the prosecutor in the case also neglected and manipulated the evidence.
And while the ordeal of justice will continue in the Appeal, Lela tells us that she speaks to her son every day because she feels him close at every moment. For her, Steve is only physically absent, showing us that there is only a thin thread that separates this world of ours from the afterlife… (A2 Television)
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