12 police officers were hurt, according to the Police, two of them in serious conditions.
One female police officer had her fingers cut off after a firework was thrown on her head.
The Interior Minister, Sander Lleshaj, visited the hospital today and spoke with the injured ones.
The police officers clashed with protesters whose houses will be demolished for the construction of Tirana’s new Ring Road.
They refuse the government’s decision to give them three years of free rent for the houses they have built illegally.
The opposition has joined the protest.
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