A 78-year-old man was arrested this Thursday in Tirana. According to preliminary information, the elderly man, Zyhdi Shehu, who lived in a private asylum for the elderly, hit his 82-year-old roommate several times with a cane.
As a result, the 82-year-old citizen Virgjil Veshi passed away.
The 78-year-old is accused of the criminal offense of “Deliberate murder”. “Specialists of the Sector for the Investigation of Serious Crimes in DVP Tirana in cooperation with Police Station No. 1, arrested in flagrante delicto the 78-year-old citizen, resident in a private asylum for the elderly, for the criminal offense of “Deliberate murder”, provided for by Article 76 of the Criminal Code.
This citizen is suspected that, today, 08.08.2024, around the early hours of the morning, for weak motives, he hit his roommate, the 82-year-old citizen, several times with a cane (iron stick) as a result of the injuries he received, he lost his life,” said the police announcement. /abcnews.al
