Assassination
Azem Hajdari was shot dead as he stepped out of the Democratic Party’s office in Tirana with his two bodyguards, Besim Çera, who was killed, and Zenel Neza, who was seriously injured but survived. The three men were shot by Fatmir Haklaj, Jaho Mulosmani, and Naim Cangu, who had been waiting in a car parked nearby. Cangu was seriously injured, and later died in hospital.
Hajdari died of severe shock from trauma and hemorrhaging due to numerous wounds to the chest and stomach. Hajdari was survived by his wife and two children. He was posthumously awarded a Martyr of Democracy award. Neza asked for asylum in the United States.
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