Police in Tirana arrested four people and opened criminal proceedings against seven others after violence at the protest held in the city the previous day.[1] According to police, protesters confronted officers, attacked them with hard objects and pyrotechnic devices, blocked traffic and set waste bins on fire.[1] The four arrested men were Kevin Ndrevataj, 24, Muhamet Karaj, 19, Blerdjan Murati, 19, and Zef Nika, 34, detained in an investigation conducted with the Prosecutor’s Office.[1] Officers searching one of those arrested, identified by the initials K. N., found a quantity of suspected cannabis and a sharp metal object on him.[1] A search of that man’s home seized an imitation firearm and 50 metal pellets.[2] Report-tv.al names the man searched as Kevin Ndrevataj, reporting that police found a quantity of cannabis and a sharp metal object on him and the imitation firearm with 50 pellets at his home.[3]

Authorities imposed 12 administrative penalties under Normative Act No. 5 of 28 October 2026 for violations identified during the demonstration.[1] One penalty of 500,000 Albanian lek went to a hooded individual who threw stones at police officers and the Prime Minister’s Office building.[1] Report-tv.al describes it as the first such fine since the legal changes on public gatherings, imposed on a young man in a white jacket and black mask who threw stones near the Prime Minister’s Office during Saturday’s protest.[3] The Saturday protest began outside the Ministry of Education and moved to the boulevard in front of the Prime Minister’s Office, where police used water cannon and tear gas to disperse the protesters.[3]

Police and prosecutors said investigations were continuing to document the incidents, identify others involved and hold them legally accountable.[1]