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In the case of Avdul Banushi, the man who had come from the West to kill Enver Hoxha, the State Security operated with a special scheme, keeping his arrest, trial and punishment secret.
By shedding light on the reasons for this unknown fact, Piro Nuredimi, former operative of the Burrel prison, affirms the efforts of the secret police to reveal the mysteries that the VIP convict refused to reveal during the marathon process that lasted two years.
"Avduli was in Burrel prison for years and the family didn't know anything", testifies Hodo Banushi, his brother, recalling the moment when they were first introduced to the shocking news. He has fixed in his memory that winter afternoon, when the unknown guest who came from Burrel, threw the "bomb" in the middle of the house: The brother who escaped 25 years ago, was now in the prison cells, not as an ordinary convict , but as the assassin of Enver Hoxha!
In his confession, Hodo Banushi, tells the experiences of the meeting after three decades with Avdul and the vicissitudes that have followed him after the revelation of the story...
Lord Hodo! In the memoirs of Piro Nuredini, a former security officer in Burrel prison, a secret meeting that you had in Gjirokastër with Avdul Banushi while he was serving his sentence is revealed...
Facing Avdul after 25 years was really shocking. I remember that Piro Nuredini called us and we went to meet him in one of the cells of the Internal Branch of Gjirokastra where he had been brought in complete secrecy from Burrel prison. This ritual lasted a full four days. They were touching moments, especially for Avdul, who asked us and was interested not only in relatives, but in all acquaintances and other villagers. The only hostage he expressed was the fact that he did not manage to meet his father. However, he was relieved to finally be able to see and talk closely with the people dear to his heart.
So, you did not go to meet him in prison, as were the rules of the time for convicts, but they brought him there under the care of the Security. What was behind this unprecedented fact?
At that time there was no question of finding out what Sigurimi was hiding behind such movements. Later, when Avduli got out of prison, he told us that this secret meeting was a security game to gather information about foreign intelligence operating in our country. It was like saying some kind of psychological processing for Avduli to "surrender" and confess things that he had never claimed...
What did Sigurimi claim to discover from Avduli, when the investigations and court proceedings against him were closed?
During the marathon process that lasted two years, Avduli had confirmed everything about his activity. He had even admitted that he had come to assassinate Enver on the day of the military parade. Meanwhile, he had not testified anything about his bases and collaborators in Albania. It gave no information on the plans of Western intelligence to overthrow the people's power. In short, his entire deposition was summed up in the act he would perform in Tirana. That's it, they were obviously not a little for the State Security, but they were insufficient to penetrate the plans of Western intelligence against the communist regime in Albania. Avduli did not offer any information until the end, even though he was subjected to a whole ordeal of torture and suffering from the most inhumane...
Meanwhile, did you know why Avduli was accused during the investigations and court proceedings?
In his case, the state insurance operated with a special scheme, as cynical as it is diabolical. Avdul's arrest, investigations and trial have been kept secret from start to finish. Everything about him is followed by a small group of secret police. Even when he was convicted, he was proceeded with in secret, keeping him in a special cell in the prison of Burrel...
So, not even the family members knew...
At the time Avduli was being tried, even when he was in prison, we knew him abroad. It was only after a few years that we found out that he had been tried and was serving his sentence. The news was brought to us by Piro Nuredini, the prison Security operative. I don't know under what circumstances, but I remember that one afternoon he gathered us all and told us that Avduli had been convicted as a foreign intelligence agent who had come with a mission to kill Enver. He even informed us that he had been in Burrel for 10 years. That's when the legends that were talked up and down about him ended for us.
Piro Nuredini in this case was an intermediary between you and Avdul...
Regardless of the entrusted task and mission, Piro Nuredini, above all, was a noble boy who offered us warmth and solidarity in very difficult moments. Precisely for this and especially for the maturity with which he overcame the delicate relations between us, he became close and respected for our family. We have met and talked with him many times, we have cried our troubles and listened to each other's thoughts, like when Avduli was in prison, but also when he came out of Burrell's hell. The close ties with him have continued without interruption until the moment when Pirua passed away in a car accident. I'm sorry I didn't attend his funeral. At that time I was in Greece and I found out about his tragedy very late. However, Pirua has left many good memories for those who knew him and worked with him./ Pamphlet
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