The Minister of Interior, Besfort Lamallari, in a reaction on Facebook, praised the work of the state police for their restraint and immediate neutralization of the Molotov cocktails used as cannon fodder to burn the city, blacken the country and endanger the lives of uniformed officers.

"Albania will not be held hostage by a minority that does not hesitate to use minors to burn and hide its own failure."

"Between those who build the country's European future and those who seek to burn it, the choice is now clear to all Albanians," Lamallari writes.

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Congratulations to the State Police for their professional response, self-restraint, and immediate neutralization of the Molotov cocktails used as cannon fodder to burn the city, blacken the country, and endanger the lives of uniformed officers.

Albania will not be held hostage by a minority that does not hesitate to use minors to burn and hide its failure.

"Between those who build the country's European future and those who seek to burn it, the choice is now clear to all Albanians."