Author: admin 25 November 2015

Current Situation

In October no public case of gjakmarrjes were recorded. Nonetheless some cases of hakmarrjes were selected from the systematic reading of newspapers. Monitoring cases of hakmarrjes is paramount as these could later be reasons for blood feuds. For this reason two murders are here reported. First, a 24 years old boy was killed, in Shkodër district, for having bothered the assassins’ sister, two years ago. Second, a 58 years old man was killed in Laç because of an argument over the property of some chestnuts trees. At first the murderer’s sister took the responsibility of the assassination in order to avoid a feud between the two families. According to the Kanun tradition, women and children cannot be involved in the blood feuds phenomenon.  Later, however, her brother decided to confess the murder.