Archive · Crime & Courts
Wednesday, October 21, 2026
4 stories
- PoliceDay 9 of the protest: Molotov cocktails at the Prime Minister's Office and burned chairs, but the evening passes without major clashesAfter hours of calm, several Molotov cocktails were thrown at the government building around 6 p.m.; the water cannon was used only once and protesters then moved toward Skanderbeg Square.
- PoliceTuesday's protest: 11 arrested, including two minors; 33-year-old held over attack on Police Station No. 3Tirana police also charged seven people without detention and identified one of the suspects in the attack with Molotov cocktails and stones on the police station, in which 10 officers were injured.
- CourtsKilling of two Islamaj brothers in Kamëz: Court keeps Ngushëllim Manzi in jailThe 40-year-old is accused of shooting dead Selam and Nazmi Islamaj and wounding their brother; the defense claims he acted in a state of shock after his family was attacked.
- PoliceReporters Without Borders: Journalists beaten, detained and footage deleted by police during protestsRSF lists cases of journalists attacked in Tirana, from a News24 reporter physically assaulted to an AP photojournalist taken away by force.
