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  • Megan Lynch (she/her)meganL
    Oct 13, 2026, 1:04 PM

    Some protestors scaled the fence and also threw some of the uprooted fences through the windows of the Ministry of Education.

    Some tear gas has been released and the cops are slowly going on the grounds between the perimeter fence and the Ministry looking to either arrest the people or to push them back onto the sidewalk and off Ministry property.

    The cops have not gotten violent yet that I can see (and they've been the ones starting the violence in every other instance I've seen in the past months), but it's probably because they know they are deeply outnumbered by the students, some of whom are now throwing street tiles.

    The cops are forming up for protection and erecting their riot shields.

    The water cannon truck is now going.







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  • Megan Lynch (she/her)meganL
    Oct 13, 2026, 1:14 PM

    The reporter on the livecast, who is a half block or more away has been coughing from the tear gas.

    Once there were more cops there and the water cannon, they went after protestors with nightsticks and the cannon.

    While throwing sidewalk tiles was dangerous, I didn't see protestors targeting a person, but the building. The cops, however, are definitely targeting people, often 4 - 6 cops per protestor they're trying to beat or arrest.







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  • Megan Lynch (she/her)meganL
    Oct 13, 2026, 1:23 PM

    The street the Ministry of Education is on is Rruga e Durrësit, the road to Durrës, Albania's major port. It is one of the major roads out of Tirana, which has a center-hub street system with just a few streets leading out. They're probably feeling a lot of pressure from more wealthy suburban drivers (and business drivers) to get the road clear.

    The reporter is stating again and again that the protest was pretty calm before the cops intervened. They were just standing there protesting, nothing more than mild vandalism. They were throwing eggs, throwing tomatoes.

    Then the cops made things escalate. The reporter is pointing it out from the POV (so far as I can tell from autotranslation) that if the purpose of the cops is to keep the peace, they're doing the opposite.







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