Albania Protesters Burn Interior Ministry and Police Station on Day 6

The health ministry reports 272 people have been injured since Tuesday, including 169 police officers. Rama, who has led the country for 13 years, has refused to step down and claims unnamed foreign forces and opposition parties are orchestrating the violence to sabotage Albania's bid to join the European Union. In response to the escalation, the government deployed the RENEA counter-terrorism unit to the capital, while the protests, which began as student-led demonstrations over education costs, have recently targeted foreign assets and a business in the Supreme Court building.