THE armed attack against the biggest TV station of the country “Top Channel” has caused reactions in the political and journalistic world of Albania. During the attack, an unfortunate 60-year-old security guard of the building was killed.
The incentives her murderous attack have not yet become known, as the perpetrators have not been arrested, nor has there been an acceptance of responsibility. The car used by the perpetrators was found burned a few kilometers from the Tirana, without, however, those responsible for the attack. The Tirana police have launched a manhunt.
According to witnesses, yesterday after midnight, unknown people in a car fired Kalashnikovs at the facade of the building. killing the 60-year-old security guard originally from the Albanian north. The latest information fueled scenarios about vendettawhich still flourishes in Northern Albania. However, as the case has not been resolved, the issue took on political dimensions with the television station managers characterizing the incident “mafia terrorist strike».
The Union of Professional Journalists of Albania underlined that the fact weighs on the working climate of journalists. For his part, the Prime Minister of the country, Eddie Ramadescribed the attack as criminal and asked the competent authorities to clarify the case and punish the perpetrators.
Journalism in Albania is suffering
The statements of the official opposition leader were also in the same spirit Sally Berishabut also the former president of the Republic Ilir Meta, who blamed the government for the observed increase in crime in the country.
His office also condemned the attack OSCE in Albania as well Western Embassies. It should be noted that in his recent report US Department of State for Albaniaspecial emphasis is placed on pressuresthe threats and repressive measuresaccepted by the press and freedom of speech in Albania.
The tip of the spear was the government’s blowing up last December of a luxury hotel on the Adriatic coast, owned by a businessman who also owns the largest journalistic group in the country that opposes the Rama government.
Two days after the release of the US State Department report, the Albanian government, with the help of the police, confiscated two more buildings of the same companywhile he had also imposed heavy fines on businesses and one of the TV channels of the same group.
Source: News Beast
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