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Student protests in Albania turn violent as demonstrators clash with police

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Student protests in Albania turn violent as demonstrators clash with police

Government building and two banks set on fire as tens of thousands take to streets over education costs and corruption Tens of thousands of students have taken to the streets of Tirana, the Albanian capital, setting alight a government building and two banks and hurling stones at police during a protest over rising education costs and ⁠corruption.

Police responded with water ⁠cannons and teargas to disperse protesters who started a fire at the ministry of education building, overturned bins and smashed the fronts of local businesses.

A branch of Raiffeisen Bank near the education ministry also caught fire.

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