Police Encounter and Assault Incident

It was around nine o'clock, at the train there in Kondovë, by the tracks.

In Kondovë, by the railway tracks.

Yes.

As we were driving away from there, right then, they came straight at us.

Right away, they got out immediately and just smashed

the window right away.

The important thing is that they were not a police patrol.

No, no, they were not a police patrol. They were in civilian clothes.

In civilian clothes.

Yes.

And how many police officers were there?

There were five. Four, five.

Yes, and then?

Then they attacked us right away, they smashed the car window.

Yes.

The windows, including this side window. They smashed it, and then they started

beating us. We barely managed to escape from there,

you understand, because we did not know who they were

because there were no police lights or anything.

At that moment, you tell me that they attacked you and smashed your window.

Yes.

Just one thing… you're saying the officer's gun

falls inside the car.

Yes, inside, because we didn't know at all, no.

You tried to leave.

Yes, just to leave the place. Yes.

Yes, and then?

And then, as we were leaving, they, they shot.

They blew out the car's tires.

So they fired a gun in your direction…

Yes, in our direction.

…which blew out the car's tires.

The car's, yes, the vehicle's.

Yes.

Then, when we saw that they had flashing lights,

when we got onto the highway, when we saw that they had

when we got onto the highway, when we saw that they had

flashing lights, then

we wanted to stop. Then, when we wanted to stop,

the car

wouldn't go, this way, that way, and we crashed head-on and had an

accident.

And when the accident happened, the police arrived there.

When you approached those who had not yet identified themselves to you as police, according to

state guidelines.

Yes.

Yes, and then?

Then, when they came right over, they immediately attacked us.

As soon as the car stopped, they wanted to separate us,

Are you all right, or…

you understand.

Yes.

Are you in good condition? They attacked you, what did you do?

You understand, they immediately

attacked us right away.

Then they attacked us, knocked us to the ground and asked where

the pistol was.

Yes?

Where is the pistol? And we told them we didn't have any pistols,

we hadn't taken any pistols or

anything.

Didn't you know the pistol was in your car?

No, we didn't know, we weren't aware of it at all.

And?

Then they directly attacked us, knocked us onto the asphalt, and

then they kept asking us, "Where is the pistol? Where is the pistol?"

We told them we hadn't touched either a gun or anything at all, we didn't have one, understand?

And then?

Then they again

immediately fired again and told us to pick up the shoes, I don't know, in Macedonian, because we

didn't understand them. They said, "Pick up the shoes already."

Then they fired at the shoes again, and told us to pick up the shoes, come on.

We picked up the shoes, then the specia- other special unit arrived.

And then?

Three, three cars arrived.

And then?

Then, even though our hands were tied, they attacked us again.

And then?

We lay there for half an hour, on the asphalt, on the ground.

Then the regular police came, they took us by car, separately

in

the end, there was only one Albanian brother. He told me, "Eat and drink there."

They gave us some water. “Are you okay?” I told them, “No, I’m not okay.”

Then they came, took us by car, and brought us directly to the station here in Gjorçë, to this

Gjorçë police station.

And you reported at the police station in Gjorçë that you had been assaulted by the police.

Yes.

But, strangely, this report is not in the

report

official report that goes to the media, which you did not see in the news today, although last night

this serious incident happened, but in an internal report that

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