Less than half an hour after the start of the protest called by students, the first clashes between them and police forces were reported near the Ministry of Education in Tirana, Albania.
This is the twelfth consecutive protest in which students and young people have taken to the streets in Albania, demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Edi Rama and his government. The latter has rejected this demand, inviting them to dialogue.
The young people first set fire to two garbage bins and placed them near the police cordon, followed by throwing stones toward the Ministry of Education and the police. Police responded immediately with water cannons and tear gas to disperse the protesters. Due to the police intervention, the protesters moved away from the vicinity of the Ministry of Education.
They gathered near the Prime Minister’s Office, where stone-throwing at police continued, and the latter responded with water cannons and tear gas. Stones from the protesters and tear gas from the police. Four water cannon trucks and two tear gas vehicles are on the Boulevard attacking the protesters.
The clashes continue.
