(RSF/IFEX) – According to information released by RSF on 12 May 1998, late in the evening of 10 May, explosives were placed at the door of Zenepe Luka’s home in an attempted bombing. Luka is a correspondent with the daily “Koha Jone” in Vlora (southern Albania). His two children and two young neighbours were slightly […]
(RSF/IFEX) – According to information released by RSF on 12 May 1998, late
in the evening of 10 May, explosives were placed at the door of Zenepe
Luka’s home in an attempted bombing. Luka is a correspondent with the daily
“Koha Jone” in Vlora (southern Albania). His two children and two young
neighbours were slightly injured, and the house sustained damage.
According to the local police chief, the bombing attempt was meant to
“physically eliminate the family of Zenepe Luka, but also targeted freedom
of the press.” An investigation into the incident has begun.
This attack took place the day after a meeting of the (opposition)
Democratic Party in Vlora, to which Luka had been refused entry. Several
days earlier Luka had written an article about the tension in Vlora in the
days leading up to the opposition meeting.
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Mr. Perikli Teta
Minister of Public Order
Tirana
Fax : +355 42 23 338
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