Violent Clashes as Albanian Government Cracks Down on Protests
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<p>Protesters attack police and set fire to government buildings In Albania, student protests against corruption and expensive tuition turned into clashes with police. At least 40 people were detained.</p>
Demonstrators threw Molotov cocktails at police officers during the protest in Tirana. On that occasion, one policeman set himself on fire, and his colleagues immediately.
Anti-government protests in Tirana on Saturday evening escalated into new violent clashes with police. At the headquarters of the ruling Socialist Party, demonstrators threw Molotov cocktails at police officers, and several of them caught fire.
The streets of Tirana, the capital of Albania, have turned into a battlefield due to ongoing clashes between protesters and police. Protesters set fire to official institutions, including the Ministry of Environment, and banks, smashed shop windows, and threw fireworks and stones at the police. A police officer was engulfed in flames after being hit by a Molotov cocktail.
In the latest of several clashes between police and protesters in Albania, which have been ongoing since mid-October, government buildings have been attacked and dozens of protesters have been detained, following unprecedented violence in which some police officers have been set on fire.
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