Yesterday evening, lawyer Andrea Zotaj, part of the Bar Association, Gjirokastër, miraculously escaped an assassination attempt in Memaliaj.
The incident took place on the old road in the village of Qesarat, while lawyer Zotaj accompanied by his nephew were going to the area in their car.
While they were ambushed by 36-year-old Fatos Lamaj, from Ane Vjosë village, Qesarat Administrative Unit, Memaliaj Municipality.
According to lawyer Zotaj, Lamaj had ambushed him to execute him, but luck was with the lawyer who, through a dangerous maneuver of the vehicle he was driving, managed to avoid the bullets fired by the aggressor Lamaj.
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