Haklaj to stay in Sweden

TIRANA, Nov 17 – Zylfije Haklaj and her brother Hamdi were taken into custody in western Sweden on international arrest warrants and have been caught up in the Swedish legal system as courts have tried to determine whether the 45-year-old woman and her 70-year-old brother should be sent back to Albania.
The woman, who was arrested in Sweden in April, had previously been sentenced by a judge in Albania to 25 years in prison for crimes carried out in 2002, including the killing of two men to avenge her brother’s death.
The head public prosecutor in Sweden has decided against extraditing the woman, however, because of concerns that Albania won’t be able to protect her from further acts of revenge.
The government had made a similar decision earlier about the woman’s brother, who is also suspected of murder in Albania.