The 20-year-old Portuguese man, Luis Miguel Varela Mendes, who was stabbed to death by an employee of the luxury complex ‘Principotes’ came for vacation in Ksamil with a foreign travel agency.
He was part of a group of young people from Portugal and France who had chosen to vacation on the Albanian Riviera, but he got into a fight with ‘Principote’ employees, who after raping him with fists, stabbed him to death and left his body outside until it was discovered by the police.
A day after the murder, Report TV revealed the testimonies of other tourists who were at the bar. The young people stated to the investigation team that they did not see the moment of the murder and only learned about it in the morning when the police arrived.
11 people were arrested for the murder and 2 others were declared wanted. The suspected perpetrator is Sokrat Lipan alias Vata who was caught 5 hours after the incident in Levan, Fier, in the trunk of a vehicle. The two Turks who were transporting him to Tirana were also arrested with him.
Report Tv has revealed the full dynamics of the shocking incident. David Heurtevent, an Albanian with British citizenship and residing in Tirana, was the person who initially clashed with the Portuguese. The fight allegedly started over a girl and then the waiters and Sokrat Vata were also involved.
Initially, David Heurtevent, a customer at the bar, punched the young Portuguese man and after he was also assaulted by other staff members, it was Sokrat Vata from Hasi who pulled the young man out of the nightclub inside the Principe, “La Guerre”.
He took the Portuguese tourist to the sun loungers of the nearby beach bar, “Paradise”, where he stabbed him to death.
After the murder, Vata was helped by one of Principatos’ bodyguards to leave the scene.
Officer Moisid Matushaj, who also served as a bodyguard for ‘Principote’, transported Vata, in a car he owned, to the center of Ksamil and then returned to the luxury complex in the same car.
Afterwards, Vata came into contact with two Turks who asked for help to drive him away, until he was arrested in Levan inside the luggage.
The two arrested Turks, Nuh Mahmutoglu and Ezgi Perlak, stated that they had established a social relationship with Vata and that they had paid him several times as a personal escort.
David Heurtevent, who started the fight, is wanted. Together with Vata, they are accused of intentional murder, committed in collaboration. Also wanted is the owner of the bar, Bekim Bulica from Hasi, who, after the incident, fled without reporting the crime.
Serxhi Selimi, Ervis Bunci, Ildi Cekani and Murat Zhabina, waiters at the “Principote” bar, were also involved in the conflict, punching the young Portuguese man before killing him and leaving the scene.
At the time of the conflict, police officer Moisid Matushaj, municipal police officer Romeo Shehu and Kristi Koshi were in the bar as bodyguards, accused of not intervening to prevent the incident and of not informing the State Police. So far, it is learned that police officer Shehu has been suspended from duty.
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Clarification: Every person is presumed innocent until proven guilty by a final court decision
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