German Man Arrested After Stabbing Two Police Officers on Hani i Hotit–Shkodër Road in Albania

 Two Albanian police officers were injured after being attacked with a knife by a 47-year-old German citizen during a police intervention on the Hani i Hotit–Shkodër road on Saturday afternoon.

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According to the Albanian State Police, the incident began at around 5:30 p.m., when officers in Shkodër received a report from a 27-year-old man who claimed that the driver of another vehicle had thrown petrol onto his car near a fuel station close to the Hani i Hotit border crossing.

Police officers immediately responded and stopped the suspected vehicle in the village of Pjetroshan.

The driver, identified by the initials J. K., a 47-year-old German citizen, reportedly refused to identify himself and resisted officers aggressively. During the attempt to arrest him, he attacked two officers from the General Patrol with a knife.

The injured officers, inspectors identified by the initials S. B. and I. S., were immediately taken to hospital for medical treatment.

Despite the attack, police managed to overpower the suspect and escort him to the premises of the Malësi e Madhe Police Station for further procedural action.

An investigative team is working at the scene to establish the full circumstances of the incident and determine the motive behind the attack.