Albanian police car. File photoBELGRADE, Aug 21Four Czech citizens were detained in Albania at a military factory near the city of Polichan in the central part of the country less than a day after Russian citizens were allegedly detained while trying to enter an arms factory in the Albanian city of Gramsci, the portal of the Albanian Daily News reports. «Four Czech citizens were were detained for breaking into a weapons factory in Polichan. We are talking about two men and two women aged 40-45. The men were detained on the territory of the factory on Sunday morning, the women were waiting for them outside. /wp-content/uploads/2022/08/11b384ddfb03fd025594d4fd7087d831.jpg» />Russians detained in Albania said they were photographers»They filmed an ammunition factory and tunnels in Polichan. The military police found two cars with foreign registration, the door to the tunnel was broken. It was established that foreign citizens broke the door to the tunnel where machines for the production of parts are stored for air defense systems. The detainees told the police that they were tourists,» the opposition Democratic Party of Albania called on the country's leadership to convene the National Security Council because of two incidents at military facilities. The President of the self-proclaimed Republic of Kosovo, Vyosa Osmani, offered assistance to the authorities in Tirana and indicated that «those responsible for the attacks must be held accountable.» . The health of the two soldiers then improved, and a photo of smiling soldiers with an officer in the hospital was published. Albanian President, former Chief of Staff Bayram Begai, greeted the soldiers and wished them a speedy recovery, and Defense Minister Niko Peleshi thanked them for their «willingness to sacrifice themselves to protect a strategic facility for Albania.» Detainees Svetlana Timofeeva, 33, and Mikhail Zorin, 23, both with Russian passports, and a third citizen with a Ukrainian passport told the police that they were photographers and bloggers filming abandoned military installations. The prosecutor's office of the city of Elbasan has launched an investigation involving the anti-terrorist unit and special services. The Russian Embassy in Tirana told RIA Novosti on Sunday night that local authorities did not bring such information to the diplomatic mission and the consul, and diplomats see information about the alleged incident only in Albanian media.
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