The face-off also left 23 demonstrators hurt, including three in critical condition with head injuries at Tirana Military Hospital, according to its emergency unit chief, Sami Koceku. He said that at least 17 police officers also injured in the confrontations were at that hospital, one of the city's main medical facilities. 

A report from state-run network TVSH had a slightly higher injury toll from hospitals throughout Tirana, Albania's capital and most populated city. It put the count at 35 demonstrators and 27 police. 

The opposition Socialist Party claimed, on its website, that around 250,000 people gathered outside PM Sali Berisha's office to implore him to resign amid allegations of corruption and fraud related to the June 2009 election.

Afterwards, Albania's current president, Bamir Topi, issued a statement urging all political parties to resume talks soon and not to reopen old wounds - referring to a 1997 at-times violent crisis that also targeted Berisha, who was then the nation's president.