One Trikala Prison Escapee Shot Dead

 

Police officials shot and killed one of the two Trikala Prison fugitives after tracking the convicts down near Greece’s border with Albania at the weekend. Authorities said on Sunday morning that Marian Kola had been killed during an exchange of fire after being spotted at around 4 a.m. by the EKAM special forces unit walking next to a river near Souli in northwestern Greece.

The other fugitive, Ilir Koupa, evaded arrest. A policeman was injured during the attempt to catch the two suspects. Police sources told the state news agency that Kola was heavily armed and had been carrying a hand grenade. They added that the operation to catch Koupa would continue.

Another fugitive from Trikala Prison, Lika Edison, was killed by police earlier this month along with his uncle, Flamur Sinani, who was allegedly helping some of the escapees.

It should be reiterated that six of the 11 Albanian convicts that escaped from Trikala Prison in March had been on the run until Sunday. During their escape, two people have been killed, a police officer and a 25-year-old woman who was hit by a stray bullet fired by the fugitives at a patrol car that was pursuing them.