Puka’s mayor claims socialist supporters were threatened with gunshots ahead of polls

Gunshots were heard in the early hours of this Saturday morning in Puka, claims the Mayor of this Municipality, Gjon Gjonaj.  In a social media statement, Gjonaj stated that unidentified persons have threatened supporters of the Socialist Party (SP) and while leaving, they have fired firearms in the air. Furthermore, he casrt doubts that this […]

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