Judge Kalaja was shot inside the courtroom, the perpetrator's first testimony after the arrest is revealed: I was correct with my papers!

A few minutes after he murdered judge Astrit Kalaja, the first words of the perpetrator Gjon Shkëmbi have been revealed.

" I shot him because I was losing a trial. I was correct with my papers," the author Gjon Shkëmbi testified at Police Station Number 1, after his arrest.

The suspected perpetrator of the serious crime is citizen Gjon Shkëmbi, brother of former candidate for MP, Pal Shkëmbi.

It is also learned that Shkëmbi had been in court for several years over property issues. 

On the other hand, citizens Ervis and Ragip Kurtaj, father and son, were injured and are currently at the Trauma Hospital, receiving medical treatment.

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