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The lawyer Andrea Zotaj miraculously escaped an assassination attempt on Thursday evening in Memaliaj.  A 36-year old man, later identified as Fatos Lamaj, shot him while moving with his vehicle and his nephew. Lawyer said that he could survived the bullets making dangerous maneuvers with his vehicle, thanking God for being alive. According to him, […]

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