TIRANA, February 11/ATA/ Justice Minister Besfort Lamallari considered the attack on police officers during yesterday’s opposition protest as “a criminal act and a breach of the right to protest”.
Lamallari published in the social media a video showing police officers facing a backlash by violent protesters.
“Gratitude for the State Police officers, who unfortunately, in addition to their daily efforts to ensure public safety, face such criminal acts with admirable restraint while risking their own lives. These acts are a breach of the right to protest “, he emphasized.
The minister expressed solidarity with the families of the injured officers and all those who, “have followed with anxiety through the media how their relatives risked their lives from an incited and organized criminal attack”.
During yesterday’s opposition protest in front of the government building and the Parliament, 21 people were injured, including 19 police officers. They were sent for treatment to the Trauma Hospital and the “Mother Teresa” University Hospital Center. /p.s./
