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Watch: Albanian PM Promises Legal Retribution Following Violent Protests

The youth-led rallies have bolstered a broader anti-government movement sparked by opposition to a major coastal development project backed by Jared Kushner, son-in-law of U.S. President Donald Trump.

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Student-led demonstrators clashed with police in Tirana for a third consecutive day, hurling rocks at a police cordon outside the Education Ministry as riot police responded with tear gas and water cannons.

The youth-led rallies have bolstered a broader anti-government movement sparked by opposition to a major coastal development project backed by Jared Kushner, son-in-law of U.S. President Donald Trump. The escalating unrest follows violent night clashes that left dozens injured.

Demonstrators are demanding Prime Minister Edi Rama’s resignation, accusing his government of widespread corruption and selling off public lands for foreign investment projects.

Watch this video from Associated Press.

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