Albania - Assassination attempt on Berisha

(5 Jun 1997) T/I:   10:18:13


Hopes are fading that Albania's elections willl be able to go ahead later this month in the wake of an assassination attempt on President Sali Berisha on Wednesday (04/06).
The would-be assassin, 25-year-old Ilir Ceta, 25, attempted to lob a grenade at the president during a campaign meeting at Rrushbull.
The incident is the third violent espisode so far in the run-up to the June 29 poll. Earlier this week, two bomb attacks in the capital, Tirana, injured 28 people.

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NEAR DURESS, ALBANIA, 4/6
Sali Berisha's supporters at rally, chanting and singing
Berisha addressing crowds;
crowds watching;
Berisha speaking
Hand-grenade hitting wall
crowds reacting
Berisha addressing crowds
people hugging Berisha on way out
hospital doctors
injured man on stretcher
nightime shots of security services,
tanks and police on the streets

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