
After Jani Aliaj escaped several assassination attempts, the bullets would now be directed at his sworn enemy. On May 1, 2016, Elton Çiça was executed in the heart of the former Blloku. The time was 10:15 PM when a person in sportswear and a white hat approached the bar.
" The story between him and Elton Çiçë is one of the most violent events ever reported by the media in Albania, also because of the murder of Elton Çiçë in the former Bllok ," said journalist Xhevahir Zhabina.
" During this period, as far as I know, an investigative group was set up, which in a time of about 20-25 days uncovered the incident, despite the fact that the perpetrator Jani Aliaj was never caught and brought to justice, but the police have done a very good job regarding the legal documentation of this incident ," said lawyer Gjergj Nikolli.
Inside, everything seemed ordinary: one person standing at the counter, four sitting at a table, among them Elton Çiça, his head lowered over his phone, uninterested in what was approaching him. The camera captures every movement, every step, every second leading up to the fatal act.
" At around 22:15, a person wearing sportswear and a white hat entered the premises of the 'De Niro' bar and walked quickly towards the table where the victim was ."
But what makes this scene even more shocking is the way the confrontation occurs: the perpetrator addresses the victim by name, as if seeking confirmation, as if he wanted the target to know who was calling him at that last moment.
Within two seconds, the gun comes out of his waistband and two shots break the silence of the bar, turning that table into a crime scene.
" The perpetrator, after addressing the victim by name, pulled out a pistol-type firearm and shot him twice in the direction of his body, immediately leaving the scene ."
The footage also shows a detail that investigators consider significant: before leaving, the perpetrator turns his head for a fraction of a second, as if to verify the result of his action.
Investigators are forced to go back in time. The motive is not found in the last weeks or months, but in 2006, in a murder in Greece. In a childhood friendship. In a promise of revenge sent inside a prison.
The investigative group focused precisely on the saga of the clash with Jani Aliaj, who would be identified as the perpetrator of the crime.
The file clearly describes that after these episodes, he was determined to act, considering Elton Çiçë as the organizer of the attacks against him.
Investigators emphasize that the decision to strike was not impulsive, but thought out and preceded by observations of the victim's movements.
" After two failed assassination attempts against citizen Jani Aliaj, the latter, convinced that the organizer was citizen Elton Çiça, has decided to retaliate by planning his physical elimination. "
" One of the reasons there was such a great commitment was because the information was such that the revenge would continue very harshly against the two groups. Precisely to highlight this, a commitment was made to this event, which was taken very seriously by both the Tirana Police Directorate and the prosecution until it was documented with legal evidence ," said lawyer Gjergji Nikolli.
Investigators followed every trace, every movement of the vehicle that had transported the perpetrator. Security cameras identified the car in which Aliaj left after the incident, which turned out to be a vehicle purchased only three days before the incident. A choice that spoke of planning and dedication to detail. The car was purchased in the name of Renato Milloshi, who was convicted only for failing to report a crime…
He stated before investigators that Aliaj had asked him to register the vehicle in his name, claiming that it was located in Tepelena...
" According to the statements, he could not take the vehicle in his name, since he had his residence in the city of Tepelena. Feeling indebted because of the respect that the defendant Jani Aliaj had shown him, Renato had agreed to buy the vehicle in his name and for this they had left him to meet with the notary Sh. Gj., to carry out the actions ."
" I consider these to be serious criminal offenses that result from a group's determination to dominate another, to dominate another, or to secure itself, or to secure its life from its opponents, given that this fear is greater than the need for revenge or to oppose, or to kill because of a previous conflict. I think this brings the greatest victims ," said lawyer Indrit Sefa.
Further details of the file revealed a careful scheme to cover up the tracks. The witness with the initials KA, the car salesman, recounts the scene that today looks like a movie scene:
"After we went to the notary, a guy came with a hat that was pulled down to his nose and only his mouth was visible. They took the car and went to get the license plates. "
An important piece of evidence for the authorship of the murder was provided by the vehicle seller, who gave investigators the phone number with which he had communicated about the sale of the vehicle, which turned out to be used by Jani Aliaj...
"From the analysis of the telephone number tables, it resulted that the number was in use by the defendant Jani Aliaj and the location cell antenna resulted in the area of the road in the direction of the scene of the incident ."/ InsideStory
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