Here's where killer of police officer escaped to after Loznica murder: Man who drove suspect Hajrizi arrested

Faton Hajrizi; Photo: Printscreen: YouTube/KTV - Kohavision

The Higher Public Prosecutor's Office in Sabac has announced that an investigation was carried out in Loznica where, it is suspected, F.H. murdered one policeman and wounded another.

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The prosecution also said that the driver of the car from which the shots were fired has been arrested.

According to the Albanian media, the shooter is Faton Hajrizi.

It is suspected that he has fled to Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The driver of the car, H.M. will be held in police custody for up to 48 hours by order the Basic Public Prosecutor's Office in Loznica on suspicion of having committed the criminal offense of illegal border crossing and people smuggling, the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office in Sabac told Tanjug.

The Interior Ministry, MUP, announced earlier that police officer Nikola Krsmanovic (34) had succumbed to his injuries in the hospital, while police officer Vjekoslav Ilic (50) was shot in the shoulder and remains hospitalized.

Nikola Krsmanovic; Photo: Facebook/Nikola Krsmanovic

At the scene of the crime, the police found the passport carried by the suspect. It was issued by the provisional institutions of so-called Kosovo in the name of 33-year-old Artan Hajrizi (according to Albanian media reports, this is Faton Hajrizi's brother). A German identity card was also found at the scene.

(Telegraf.rs/Tanjug)