A serious incident has been reported in Malësi e Madhe, where two police officers were injured with a knife during an intervention in the field. According to Police, the suspected perpetrator is a 47-year-old German citizen, who was detained after a report of a road incident near Hani i Hotit.
The notification began with a report to the operations room
According to the official version, at around 5:30 p.m., a 27-year-old man with the initials A.Q. called the operations room of the Shkodër Local Police Directorate and said that while driving his vehicle from Hani i Hotit toward Shkodër, the driver of another vehicle was suspected of having thrown gasoline onto his car.
The incident, according to the same statement, happened near a fuel station close to the border crossing point. At this stage, the circumstances and motive of the reported episode have not been made clear publicly.
Police say the vehicle was stopped in Pjetroshan
After receiving the report, Police services intervened and stopped the suspected vehicle in the village of Pjetroshan.
Authorities identified the driver as German citizen J.K., 47. According to Police, he refused to identify himself at the time of the intervention.
Two officers were injured during the neutralization
According to Police, during the intervention to neutralize the 47-year-old, he struck two General Patrol officers with a sharp object, a knife.
The injured officers were identified by authorities as inspectors S.B. and I.S. They were taken to hospital to receive medical assistance, while no further details were given about their health condition.
The 47-year-old was escorted, investigations remain open
Police said the 47-year-old was neutralized and escorted to the Malësi e Madhe Police Station for further procedural actions.
At this stage, many elements of the incident remain under verification. The investigative team is working to fully clarify the circumstances and document the episode, while the full version of what happened so far relies on the official statement.
The incident once again puts the focus on the way responses are handled in the field and the limited transparency provided in the first hours, when the public mainly receives only the official version.
For the moment, authorities have not made public additional information on the causes of the conflict, the evidence collected or the exact dynamics of the clash.