The pretext was the explosion of a small amount of dynamite in the Soviet Embassy in Tirana on 19 February, for which the arrested persons were accused of.
Present were Enver Hoxha, Tuk Jakova, Mehmet Shehu, Bedri Spahiu, Hysni Kapo, Gogo Nushi, Spiro Koleka, Beqir Balluku, and Liri Belishova.
The charge, as prepared and signed by Military Prosecutor Siri Çarçani and dated 25 February 1951, was the same for all 22 victims and read: These people have been put at the service of imperialist foreign espionage, they have become members of a terrorist organization.
They have made propaganda about the violent collapse of the people's power and have distributed slogans for a new war from the American and British imperialists and their satellites.The same Çarçani admitted later that when he wrote the charge he was completely unaware of any investigation having ever been performed.
[7] In 1991 all victims were declared innocent,[8] and posthumously awarded the order Honor of the State by president Bamir Topi.