Albania’s police fire teargas to disperse protesters hurling petrol bombs


Albanian police fired tear gas to disperse opposition protesters who hurled petrol bombs at government buildings and smashed city property in what they said was part of a civil disobedience against the government.

More than 1,000 police officers were deployed across the streets in capital Tirana as thousands of opposition supporters walked from one building to another hurling petrol bombs, rocks and other solid objects, video from the scene showed.

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Source: MSN News


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