The police announced on Tuesday that two women lost their lives in Albania as a result of violence by their husbands.
According to official police sources, in Vlora, 64-year-old Hati Deliaj could not survive the numerous wounds caused by the violence of her 70-year-old husband Úngjëllush Deliaj, while in Shala, Saranda, 66-year-old Shano Islamaj was killed with an ax by her husband. her Huso Islamaj, 69 years old.
Local sources in Vlora said that 64-year-old Hati Deliaj was hospitalized after having a broken jaw and other signs of violence from her husband.
While the murder of the woman in Saranda, according to the police, is suspected to have happened during a conflict for weak motives and then the citizen Huso Islamaj also lost his life after conflicting with his son who, according to the police, allegedly pushed him by throwing him down the stairs of the apartment.
Although the punishments have been toughened and the courts have handed down life sentences for the murderers of women, this crime has not decreased.
The most recent sentence of life imprisonment was given in the middle of July this year by the Court of Elbasan for Tefik Tashin, who killed his wife's sister with an ax.
During the past year, 12 murders of women and hundreds of other reports of domestic violence were registered, which according to analysts are only a small part of the true dimensions of this phenomenon in Albanian society.
According to the data of the Albanian Ministry of Health, the number of cases that have been recorded and reported for domestic violence has been increasing year after year.
According to official data, in 2023 there were 5,064 cases of domestic violence reported to the police, and 2,730 cases were treated with protection orders.
Even in the first 3 months of 2024, 1197 cases of domestic violence were reported, of which 627 cases were treated with a protection order.
