Tuesday's protest: 11 arrested, including two minors; 33-year-old held over attack on Police Station No. 3

Tirana police said Wednesday they had arrested 11 people, including two minors, for unlawful acts during Tuesday's protest, the eighth day of the student mobilization. Those arrested in the act are E.P., 29, G.K., 24, F.B., 19, E.B., 23, S.D., 52, E.B., 27, A.D., 23, L.Z., 18, and E.B., 20, as well as two minors whose identities were not made public. Seven other people are being prosecuted without detention.

The attack on Police Station No. 3

In the same operation, officers from Police Station No. 3 identified and detained a 33-year-old with the initials E.K. He is suspected of damaging the station's premises with hard objects during the rally held three days earlier. According to police, the building and officers were attacked with pyrotechnics, stones and Molotov cocktails, causing a fire and material damage, and 10 police officers were injured.

The charges

The case files were sent to prosecutors for a series of criminal offenses, including destruction of property, destruction of property by fire, assault on officers on duty, organizing and participating in illegal gatherings, resisting a police officer, disturbing public order, violating rules on explosive and flammable materials, obstructing traffic, and unlicensed possession of weapons and bladed weapons.

Police say investigations are continuing to identify others who committed acts of violence during the protests. According to a tally published by Top Channel, 320 people were injured in the first eight days of protests: 192 police officers, 92 protesters and 36 bystanders.

The Ombudsman has reported six complaints of violence against people taken into custody, while courts in Tirana have released dozens of those arrested on previous days under an obligation to report to police.