Police water cannon knocks protester to the ground during clashes in Tirana

Dramatic footage captures a police water cannon knocking a protester to the ground in Tirana, Albania, on Saturday, November 7, as clashes erupted outside the Ministry of Education. The video shows the young man pushing a large wheeled rubbish bin towards a police water-cannon vehicle before a powerful jet of water sends him sprawling onto the wet road. He scrambles back to his feet and runs away.

The confrontation came amid student-led anti-government protests over rising education costs, poor university conditions and corruption. Demonstrators have been demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Edi Rama, with Saturday’s unrest escalating into further clashes as protesters moved towards government buildings in central Tirana.