{"id":21309,"date":"2021-09-29T15:02:56","date_gmt":"2021-09-29T13:02:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=21309"},"modified":"2021-09-30T18:16:39","modified_gmt":"2021-09-30T16:16:39","slug":"homages-to-deputy-commissar-saimir-hoxha-killed-in-the-line-of-duty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/homages-to-deputy-commissar-saimir-hoxha-killed-in-the-line-of-duty\/","title":{"rendered":"Homages to deputy commissioner Saimir Hoxha, killed in the line of duty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Homages to deputy commissioner Saimir Hoxha are currently being paid at the Palace of Congress in Tirana.<\/p>\n<p>Saimir Hoxha was killed yesterday, while on duty, during an anti-cannabis police operation in the city of Lezha.<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of police officers, officials, and political figures gathered to honor the 45-year-old, who has been given a title of honor, by being declared a Martyr of the Nation.<\/p>\n<p>Former high-ranking officials of the police were also present during the tributes, amongst whom Agron Kulicaj, Aleks Hajdari, Erzen Bracani, etc. Homages are expected to last until 15:00.<\/p>\n<p>The tragic incident took place on Tuesday morning, in Lezha Island, where Aldi Rama 21, fired his gun at police officer Saimir Hoxha, from inside his car, when the 45-year-old and his patrol team had stopped him and asked to conduct a search.<\/p>\n<p>After a difficult 5-hour manhunt, the police found the perpetrator, who ended up dying from a self-inflicted gunshot.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/09\/29\/lezha-pd-releases-police-report-on-murdered-cop\/\">Lezha PD releases police report on murdered cop<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/09\/29\/21-year-old-lezha-cop-shooter-dies-in-hospital-after-self-inflicted-gunshot\/\">21-year-old Lezha cop shooter dies in hospital after self-inflicted gunshot<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/09\/28\/police-shooter-found-in-serious-condition-after-turning-gun-on-himself\/\">Police shooter found in serious condition after turning gun on himself<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Homages to deputy commissioner Saimir Hoxha are currently being paid at the Palace of Congress in Tirana. Saimir Hoxha was killed yesterday, while on duty, during an anti-cannabis police operation in the city of Lezha. Thousands of police officers, officials, and political figures gathered to honor the 45-year-old, who has been given a title of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":21319,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[153],"tags":[151],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Homages to deputy commissioner Saimir Hoxha, killed in the line of duty - Euronews Albania<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/homages-to-deputy-commissar-saimir-hoxha-killed-in-the-line-of-duty\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Homages to deputy commissioner Saimir Hoxha, killed in the line of duty - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Homages to deputy commissioner Saimir Hoxha are currently being paid at the Palace of Congress in Tirana. 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