Three killed in Vlore shoot-out

Saturday 01 March 1997 00:02 GMT
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Three killed in Vlore shoot-out

Three people were killed and at least 10 wounded yesterday in a shoot- out in the southern town of Vlore, where demonstrators and students have staged anti-government protests for three weeks. "The Shik [secret police] wanted to get the [student] hunger strikers out and clashed with thousands of people who were there to protect them," officials in Vlore said. Reuters - Tirana

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