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Outrage after judge killed in domestic violence attack

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TIRANA, Sept. 3 – There has been public outrage in Albania after a 39-year-old Shkodra judge, Fildes Hafizi, was shot dead in public in a Tirana’s Xhamlliku neighborhood on Aug. 31 by her former husband. Fadil Kasemi, 51, who was arrested and faces life in prison, had already served time in jail for beating and threatening his ex-wife following their divorce in 2015. She had an official protection order against him, but it wasn’t enough to protect the victim and mother of two children. She had told friends she was fearful for her life after her ex-spouse was released from…

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