Opposition protesters pelted Albania's government building and Tirana Mayor's office with petrol bombs late on Thursday (July 11), accusing state officials of involvement in organised crime and corruption after their leader was placed under house arrest.
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00:00Opposition protesters pelted Albania's government building and Tirana mayor's office with petrol
00:09bombs late on Thursday, accusing state officials of involvement in organized crime and corruption
00:15after their leader was placed under house arrest.
00:18Thousands gathered in front of the government headquarters in the capital Tirana as riot
00:23police officers cordoned off the office of Prime Minister Edi Rama.
00:28Protesters later moved outside Tirana mayor's office, throwing petrol bombs and scuffling
00:32with police.
00:33Police did not intervene but immediately extinguished fires from the petrol bomb.
00:38There were no immediate reports of injuries.
00:42Opposition leader Salih Barisha addressed the protesters via a video link from house
00:46arrest.
00:47He is being investigated for alleged corruption while Prime Minister between 2005 till 2013.
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