00:01Violent clashes were reported in the Albanian capital, Tirana, where protesters threw stones at police, who responded by deploying water
00:09cannons and tear gas to disperse the masses.
00:12Students and other protesters gathered outside the Ministry of Education on Saturday, as anti-government demonstrations entered their fifth consecutive
00:20day.
00:21The protests, which have spread to cities across Albania, intensified after high school and university students joined a broader movement
00:28calling for Socialist Prime Minister Edi Rama's resignation over allegations of corruption.
00:33The wider movement has been fueled in part by opposition to a controversial luxury tourism development linked to U.S.
00:40President Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner.
00:42Edi Rama said he supported the right of students and other Albanians to protest, but warned that masked individuals inciting
00:49chaos, vandalizing, looting, and committing crimes would be detained and prosecuted.
00:55Albania's police said 167 people had been arrested during the five days of unrest and announced that seven officers had
01:02been suspended amid probes into allegations of use of excessive force.
