A student protest held in Albania’s capital on Saturday escalated into clashes between demonstrators and police, resulting in 12 people being taken into police custody and 10 others receiving administrative fines.

According to publicly released information, the confrontations were most intense near the Ministry of Education and in the area outside the Prime Minister’s Office.

During the demonstration, protesters reportedly threw fireworks, Molotov cocktails and stones, while police deployed water cannon trucks in an attempt to disperse the crowd.

The protest ended with police detentions and administrative measures against several participants.

The incidents mark an escalation in tensions during the student demonstration in central.