Some citizens have chosen to protest this morning, on the first day of the new school year. A group of protesters were marching from Zogu i Zi with flags in their hands and chanting, when they were stopped by police officers.
Some of them were escorted, the officer used violence against the citizen and punched him in the stomach, he was forcibly held by other officers to be escorted to the police van. After this incident, the Director General of the State Police, Skënder Hita, also reacted.
Reaction of the General Directorate of the State Police
This morning, the Director General of the State Police, Major General Skender Hita, after the publication on social networks of a video showing a police officer punching an escorted citizen during today's rally on Durrës Street, Tirana, immediately suspended from duty the police officer, Inspector JH, part of the "Eagle" Special Force of the Tirana State Police.
Also, the Director General has ordered the Directorate of Professional Standards in the State Police to initiate a disciplinary investigation against a Police employee for illegal and unreasonable use of force and for committing actions that seriously harm the image of the Police employee, the institution or the police service as a whole. The State Police does not tolerate any action that is carried out in violation of the law and professional work standards and will continue to react decisively to any violation by its employees.
