{"id":8871,"date":"2021-03-26T11:46:02","date_gmt":"2021-03-26T11:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=8871"},"modified":"2021-03-26T11:46:02","modified_gmt":"2021-03-26T11:46:02","slug":"former-police-officer-charged-with-klodian-rashas-murder-pleads-for-an-abbreviated-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/former-police-officer-charged-with-klodian-rashas-murder-pleads-for-an-abbreviated-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"Former police officer charged with Klodian Rasha\u2019s murder pleads for an abbreviated trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The attorney of Nevaldo Hajdaraj, the police officer charged with the murder of Klodian Rasha, has filed a request for an abbreviated trial and change the charge from \u201cmurder with intent\u201d to \u201chomicide committed in excess of the necessary self-defense limits\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Following today\u2019s preliminary session, Hajdaraj apologized to Qazim Rasha, the victim\u2019s father, who said that he has come to court \u201cto see justice with his own eyes\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am sorry for what happened, I never intended for that to happen\u201d, said Hajdaraj in court.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that no family should experience such a tragedy, no mother\u2019s heart should be injured like this and no young man\u2019s heart should be murdered in such a macabre way like my son\u201d, said Qazim Rasha as he was exiting the court.<\/p>\n<p>Klodian Rasha, a 25-year-old man, was shot dead on the 8 of December by then-police officer Nevaldo Hajdaraj, after being caught outside following a night curfew enforced by authorities.<\/p>\n<p>Hajdaraj argued that Rasha ran away after he called on him to stop, leading him to think that the victim might have been holding a weapon. One day after, police authorities claimed to have found a weapon near the crime scene.<\/p>\n<p>Three months after that claim, the investigation found out that the gun did not belong to Rasha, which led to changing the charge to \u201cmurder with intent\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Rasha\u2019s murder sparked a public outcry and citizens took the streets of Tirana for 5 consecutive days demanding from the Minister of Interior Sander Lleshaj to step down.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2020\/12\/18\/pm-rama-klodian-rasha-s-shooting-shocking-i-d-have-protested-too-if-i-weren-t-to-be-in-this-post\/\">PM Rama: Klodian Rasha\u2019s shooting shocking, I\u2019d have protested too, if I weren\u2019t to be in this post<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2020\/12\/16\/klodian-rasha-murder-hr-commissioner-mijatovic-zero-tolerance-for-police-officers-involved-in-acts-of-violence\/\">Klodian Rasha murder, HR Commissioner Mijatovi\u0107: Zero tolerance for police officers involved in acts of violence<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2020\/12\/15\/klodian-rasha-s-family-his-murder-was-intentional-not-an-accident\/\">Klodian Rasha\u2019s family: His murder was intentional, not an accident<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The attorney of Nevaldo Hajdaraj, the police officer charged with the murder of Klodian Rasha, has filed a request for an abbreviated trial and change the charge from \u201cmurder with intent\u201d to \u201chomicide committed in excess of the necessary self-defense limits\u201d. Following today\u2019s preliminary session, Hajdaraj apologized to Qazim Rasha, the victim\u2019s father, who said [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":8872,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[150,151],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Former police officer charged with Klodian Rasha\u2019s murder pleads for an abbreviated trial - 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\/former-police-officer-charged-with-klodian-rashas-murder-pleads-for-an-abbreviated-trial\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Former police officer charged with Klodian Rasha\u2019s murder pleads for an abbreviated trial - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The attorney of Nevaldo Hajdaraj, the police officer charged with the murder of Klodian Rasha, has filed a request for an abbreviated trial and change the charge from \u201cmurder with intent\u201d to \u201chomicide committed in excess of the necessary self-defense limits\u201d. Following today\u2019s preliminary session, Hajdaraj apologized to Qazim Rasha, the victim\u2019s father, who said [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/former-police-officer-charged-with-klodian-rashas-murder-pleads-for-an-abbreviated-trial\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/euronews.al\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-03-26T11:46:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Nevaldo-Hajdaraj-1068x601-1.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1068\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"601\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@euronewsalbania\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@euronewsalbania\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Euronews Albania\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/former-police-officer-charged-with-klodian-rashas-murder-pleads-for-an-abbreviated-trial\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/former-police-officer-charged-with-klodian-rashas-murder-pleads-for-an-abbreviated-trial\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Euronews Albania\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/40904b56ee024949b80be8199e47e27d\"},\"headline\":\"Former police officer charged with Klodian Rasha\u2019s murder pleads for an abbreviated trial\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-03-26T11:46:02+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-03-26T11:46:02+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/former-police-officer-charged-with-klodian-rashas-murder-pleads-for-an-abbreviated-trial\/\"},\"wordCount\":322,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/former-police-officer-charged-with-klodian-rashas-murder-pleads-for-an-abbreviated-trial\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Nevaldo-Hajdaraj-1068x601-1.jpeg\",\"keywords\":[\"Kryesor 1\",\"Kryesoret\"],\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/former-police-officer-charged-with-klodian-rashas-murder-pleads-for-an-abbreviated-trial\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/former-police-officer-charged-with-klodian-rashas-murder-pleads-for-an-abbreviated-trial\/\",\"name\":\"Former police officer charged with Klodian Rasha\u2019s murder pleads for an abbreviated trial - Euronews Albania\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/former-police-officer-charged-with-klodian-rashas-murder-pleads-for-an-abbreviated-trial\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/former-police-officer-charged-with-klodian-rashas-murder-pleads-for-an-abbreviated-trial\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Nevaldo-Hajdaraj-1068x601-1.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-03-26T11:46:02+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-03-26T11:46:02+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/former-police-officer-charged-with-klodian-rashas-murder-pleads-for-an-abbreviated-trial\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/former-police-officer-charged-with-klodian-rashas-murder-pleads-for-an-abbreviated-trial\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/former-police-officer-charged-with-klodian-rashas-murder-pleads-for-an-abbreviated-trial\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Nevaldo-Hajdaraj-1068x601-1.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Nevaldo-Hajdaraj-1068x601-1.jpeg\",\"width\":1068,\"height\":601,\"caption\":\"Nevaldo Hajdaraj, the police officer charged with the murder of Klodian Rasha\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/former-police-officer-charged-with-klodian-rashas-murder-pleads-for-an-abbreviated-trial\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Former police officer charged with Klodian Rasha\u2019s murder pleads for an abbreviated trial\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Euronews Albania\",\"description\":\"Top stories in Albania, Kosovo and the Balkans\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Euronews Albania\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/logo-mobile-euronews-albania-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/logo-mobile-euronews-albania-1.png\",\"width\":280,\"height\":33,\"caption\":\"Euronews Albania\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/euronews.al\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/euronewsalbania\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/40904b56ee024949b80be8199e47e27d\",\"name\":\"Euronews Albania\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/euronews.al\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/author\/xhoi\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Former police officer charged with Klodian Rasha\u2019s murder pleads for an abbreviated trial - Euronews Albania","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/former-police-officer-charged-with-klodian-rashas-murder-pleads-for-an-abbreviated-trial\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Former police officer charged with Klodian Rasha\u2019s murder pleads for an abbreviated trial - Euronews Albania","og_description":"The attorney of Nevaldo Hajdaraj, the police officer charged with the murder of Klodian Rasha, has filed a request for an abbreviated trial and change the charge from \u201cmurder with intent\u201d to \u201chomicide committed in excess of the necessary self-defense limits\u201d. Following today\u2019s preliminary session, Hajdaraj apologized to Qazim Rasha, the victim\u2019s father, who said [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/former-police-officer-charged-with-klodian-rashas-murder-pleads-for-an-abbreviated-trial\/","og_site_name":"Euronews Albania","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/euronews.al\/","article_published_time":"2021-03-26T11:46:02+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1068,"height":601,"url":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Nevaldo-Hajdaraj-1068x601-1.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Euronews Albania","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@euronewsalbania","twitter_site":"@euronewsalbania","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Euronews Albania","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/former-police-officer-charged-with-klodian-rashas-murder-pleads-for-an-abbreviated-trial\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/former-police-officer-charged-with-klodian-rashas-murder-pleads-for-an-abbreviated-trial\/"},"author":{"name":"Euronews Albania","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/40904b56ee024949b80be8199e47e27d"},"headline":"Former police officer charged with Klodian Rasha\u2019s murder pleads for an abbreviated trial","datePublished":"2021-03-26T11:46:02+00:00","dateModified":"2021-03-26T11:46:02+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/former-police-officer-charged-with-klodian-rashas-murder-pleads-for-an-abbreviated-trial\/"},"wordCount":322,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/former-police-officer-charged-with-klodian-rashas-murder-pleads-for-an-abbreviated-trial\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Nevaldo-Hajdaraj-1068x601-1.jpeg","keywords":["Kryesor 1","Kryesoret"],"articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/former-police-officer-charged-with-klodian-rashas-murder-pleads-for-an-abbreviated-trial\/","url":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/former-police-officer-charged-with-klodian-rashas-murder-pleads-for-an-abbreviated-trial\/","name":"Former police officer charged with Klodian Rasha\u2019s murder pleads for an abbreviated trial - Euronews Albania","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/former-police-officer-charged-with-klodian-rashas-murder-pleads-for-an-abbreviated-trial\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/former-police-officer-charged-with-klodian-rashas-murder-pleads-for-an-abbreviated-trial\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Nevaldo-Hajdaraj-1068x601-1.jpeg","datePublished":"2021-03-26T11:46:02+00:00","dateModified":"2021-03-26T11:46:02+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/former-police-officer-charged-with-klodian-rashas-murder-pleads-for-an-abbreviated-trial\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/former-police-officer-charged-with-klodian-rashas-murder-pleads-for-an-abbreviated-trial\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/former-police-officer-charged-with-klodian-rashas-murder-pleads-for-an-abbreviated-trial\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Nevaldo-Hajdaraj-1068x601-1.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Nevaldo-Hajdaraj-1068x601-1.jpeg","width":1068,"height":601,"caption":"Nevaldo Hajdaraj, the police officer charged with the murder of Klodian Rasha"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/former-police-officer-charged-with-klodian-rashas-murder-pleads-for-an-abbreviated-trial\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Former police officer charged with Klodian Rasha\u2019s murder pleads for an abbreviated trial"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/","name":"Euronews Albania","description":"Top stories in Albania, Kosovo and the Balkans","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#organization","name":"Euronews Albania","url":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/logo-mobile-euronews-albania-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/logo-mobile-euronews-albania-1.png","width":280,"height":33,"caption":"Euronews Albania"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/euronews.al\/","https:\/\/x.com\/euronewsalbania"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/40904b56ee024949b80be8199e47e27d","name":"Euronews Albania","sameAs":["http:\/\/euronews.al"],"url":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/author\/xhoi\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8871"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8871\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}