Albanian authorities call for return of weapons
Download The Albanian government has issued a new call for people holding illegal guns and ammunition to hand them in to police. Deputy Prime Minister Namik Dokle said time was running out -- an official amnesty expires in May next year. Half a million guns and more than 800 million rounds of ammunition were looted in 1997, when thousands of Albanians, furious over losing their life savings in fraudulent pyramid investment schemes, stormed army barracks.
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