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Seven in Custody after Shkodra 19-year-old's Killing

Seven people have been accompanied to the police as witnesses or people who have knowledge about the murder of 19-year-old Erjon Xhenja in Shkodra, but so far there is no suspect as the perpetrator of the killing. 

From the administration of material evidence and security cameras of businesses in the area, two people on a motorcycle are seen approaching, while one gets off the motorcycle and approaches the victim at a distance of about 1 meter and shoots him several times with a pistol. 

At the scene, the police found 7 pistol cartridges, while 5 of the bullets went through the body of the 19-year-old, leaving him dead on the spot while he was alone at the table, drinking coffee. 

On the other hand, the police and the investigative group have raised several lines of inquiry, the main ones being the conflicts between different criminal groups, and the suspicions that the 19-year-old was part of one of the groups known as the Kiras neighborhood groups. 

However, the investigative group was unable to collect sufficient evidence to identify the perpetrators of the event. 

On Sunday evening, few minutes after the event, in the "Guerrile" neighborhood of Shkodra, about 500 meters from the place of the event, a motorcycle and the pistol firearm suspected to have been used by the perpetrators of the murder were found burning in an alley. 

However, the 19-year-old victim was friends with Asmer Bilal, while on various occasions he also maintained the latter's stables and horses. 

Meanwhile, the Police are also investigating the murder of Ismet ?ekorja in the Kiras neighborhood and the connections the victim may have had with the murder, as sources from the investigative group indicate that this murder is in the wake of the chain of murders between criminal groups in Shkodra.