Albanians set fire to government buildings and clash with riot police in latest protests
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The Independent (US)Albanian police deploy water cannons as protests hit seventh day
Albanian police deployed water cannons as protests continued into their seventh day on Monday (19 October). Officers responded with tear gas after demonstrators hurled rocks at them. Protesters also attacked government buildings and lit fires. Violence has erupted after high school and university students mobilised in a broader anti-government movement calling for prime minister Edi Rama to resign. It comes as thousands of rioters in France were…
A group of protesters today set fire to the Court of Appeal in the capital of Albania, on the seventh consecutive day of student protests in the country, where clashes with the riot police intensified.
MONTHS of anti-government protests in Albania have escalated into violent clashes, prompting reactions from Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama and the European Commission.
Riot police, burning uniforms and Molotov cocktails: hundreds of arrests, the prime minister talks about foreign powers behind the coup instead of resigning.
The police entry uses tear gas and water cannons to suppress protests in Albania was first published in Information Focus.
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