Albania: police disperse protesters from opposition party HQ with teargas

Group led by former Democratic party leader Sali Berisha used iron bars and hammers to break into the building

Police in Albania used a water cannon trick and teargas to disperse protesters who broke into the headquarters of the country's main opposition party in an internal squabble over the party's leadership.

Scores of officers pushed back hundreds of protesters who had stormed the ground floor of the centre-right Democratic party's headquarters. They detained 25 of the trespassers and eight party staff members as the two sides clashed, authorities said.