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Albanian protest

Thursday 27 August 1992 23:02 BST
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TIRANA (Reuter) - The Albanian government said yesterday it was ready to order security forces into the town of Polican, where workers in the country's only armaments factory have armed themselves since Tuesday with guns and explosives to protest at job losses. The workers set the factory's offices on fire, besieged the town hall and called for the government to resign.

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