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Police Use Tear Gas, Water Cannons as Tirana Protests Continue
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- Police deployed tear gas and water cannons on the eighth day of protests in Tirana.
- Students demanded lower tuition, increased education funding, and Prime Minister Edi Rama’s resignation.
- Rama accused protesters of terror, labeling them an emerging current of political extremism.
- Protesters threw rocks, flares, firebombs and fireworks, prompting police batons.
- The unrest follows Flamingo rallies opposing a luxury tourism project linked to Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law.
