Three die in grenade mishap

TIRANA - Three people were killed and 10 wounded when a drunken man carrying a grenade tripped as he got on to a bus in Rogozhine…

TIRANA - Three people were killed and 10 wounded when a drunken man carrying a grenade tripped as he got on to a bus in Rogozhine, a central Albanian town, causing an explosion. The man, a local villager, was among the dead.

An estimated 700 people have died in Albania in the past three months, many accidentally, since state arsenals were looted.

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