Albanian police say they can't guarantee security at opposition rally on Friday

[Joanne98]

Source: CP

TIRANA, Albania — Albanian police say they can't be blamed if more violence erupts at an anti-government protest Friday, a week after three opposition supporters were shot dead when a similar rally in the capital turned violent.

The planned protest by opposition Socialists is "a threat to national security, public order, crime prevention and human rights," the police said in a statement Thursday.

More than 150 protesters and security officers were injured in last week's deadly clashes at a rally by former Tirana mayor Edi Rama's Socialist party outside a government building. The Socialists are demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Sali Berisha's government for alleged corruption, following months of simmering tensions over disputed national elections.

European Union and U.S. officials have urged restraint from the Socialists and the governing Democrats, who agreed to cancel a protest of their own scheduled for Saturday.



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