The Prosecutor’s Office of Tirana has demanded a 20-year prison sentence for Filip Shehu, who is accused of the criminal offense of “Deliberate murder” to the detriment of the victim Indri Islamllari, who worked as a pizzeria in the same bar where the perpetrator of the crime worked.
The serious event was recorded on October 28, 2025, where the victim Islamllari and the perpetrator of the crime, Filip Shehu, clashed with each other for completely trivial reasons.
This then led to Filip Shehu’s knife attack on the young Islamllari, who, due to his injuries, died immediately. The perpetrator of the crime did not leave the bar, but waited there until the Tirana police arrived, which then arrested him.
This murder was investigated by the prosecutor Gëzim Veizi, who, at the end of the process with a shortened trial, requested that the court declare him guilty and sentence the perpetrator of the crime, Filip Shehu, to 20 years in prison.
But this sentence will be reduced to 1/3 due to the benefit of a shortened trial.
According to the investigative file, Filip Shehu, the author of the murder of the pizzeria Indri Islamllari, had been being treated by a psychologist in Tirana for some time, due to the depressive state he was going through.
Shehu was taking medication to improve memory and anti-depressant medication, while he also worked as a pizza dough maker, exactly in the pizzeria where the serious incident of the murder of Indri Islamllari took place.
The perpetrator of the crime had only been employed at the “City Lounge” restaurant for 7 months, as a pizzeria and dough maker. He had conflicts from time to time with Indrit Islamllari, who often insulted and mocked him.
Even on the day of the incident, Indriti insulted him severely, saying: “…I will kill you…”. This insult caused the anger of Filip Shehu, who grabbed a knife and then shot Indrit several times in the chest and stomach, leaving him dead on the spot.
The journalist of “Syri.net”, Elton Qyno, has been able to provide the full testimony of Filip Shehu, who, among other things, has shown that Indrit Islamllari and Arturi work together with him in the pizzeria of this restaurant, but I do not know their last names, whom he found in this restaurant as employees.
Filip Shehu usually starts work at 13:00 and works until 23:00. His relationship with the other pizzeria, Artur, has been very good and normal all along and they have never had any kind of conflict or disagreement with each other.
As for the other pizzeria, Indriti, the first months their relationship was normal and they did not have any kind of conflict with each other.
During these last 2-3 months before the murder, Indriti, during work, began to disturb and insult him on many occasions, because he demanded that they do things at work according to his wish and not according to the orders they had received from the owner and manager regarding the smooth running of the work.
Often these insults on his part have reached serious insults, but he has constantly avoided, not wanting to aggravate the situation, and has done according to Indrit’s requests.
Indriti had this relationship and manner of behavior not only with him, but also created debates and insulted Arturi, as well as other members of the restaurant’s staff.
Often, during this behavior that Indriti did with him and the rest of the staff, the manager and the owner of the restaurant were also present, who drew attention to him.
On the day of the event, on October 28, 2025, Filip Shehu says that he went to work as usual, around 1:00 p.m., and as soon as he arrived at work, he started preparing the pizza ingredients and dough.
Indriti came to work around 2:00 p.m. and as soon as he arrived, they started working, as they had an order to bake pizzas.
Around 3:30 p.m., a kitchen employee, whose name is Zamira, asked to take some crudo ham from them to prepare some antipasti, for which she had an order at the restaurant.
Indriti told him: “…No, cut it yourself…”
Zamira told Indriti: “…I don’t know how to cut the raw meat myself, because it was not cut at all…”.
This conversation was also heard by Filip Shehu, who intervened and told Indriti that: “…I will give it to him, because I will wait for it myself…”.
Indrit replied and said the words: “…No, you don’t have to give it…”.
Philip said to him with the words: “…I cut and cut it myself and I will give it to him…”.
And in the meantime he went to get the tub with the raw meat and brought it to the counter and started to cut some things. Indriti, when he saw the meat, told him again: “…No, you don’t have to give it to him…”, and spoke to him in a harsh tone.
Filipi took the raw ham he had and, as they have always done before, he wanted to give it to Zamira. At that moment, Indriti intervened, taking her by force and pulling the tub of bacon, telling her not to give it to him, because he knew.
Shehu told him that they have always done this action, that they give them ham when they need it, but he told him that he knows it himself, he has nothing to give it to them, and cursed him saying: “…I’ll kill you…”.
At this moment, after Indriti cursed him, he lost control and felt very offended. Since it was a repeated case, in the heat of the moment he took a knife, which was on the counter of the pizzeria, and with that knife he shot Indrit 3 times in different parts of his body.
After shooting him three times, he left the knife in the sink near the pizzeria counter and went to change in the toilet, where he waited for the police.
He expresses great remorse for his actions, but, constantly being insulted by Indrit, he lost control and reacted by taking the knife and shooting him.
After the incident, he expressed deep regret for the action he had taken and thinks that it would be better for him to leave his job, rather than carry out that action.
Also, he declares that since April 2025 he has been using medications to improve his memory, as well as antidepressants, which were given to him by a psychiatrist, whose name he does not remember, but whose clinic is in “1 Maji” flower garden, near Ura e Tabakeve.
