Cars breaking embassy siege in 1990

Overall, the dynamic of embassy events has not been presented to the public entirely. It is best known in some film pictures and interviews of timely participants.

Until this time, the state did not allow passport equipment for Albanian citizens abroad. Lacking a passport in hand, Albanian citizens could not address foreign embassies for visas. This was done through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Few Albanians left Albania and few visitors entered. At the First State Security Directorate, for years there was a visa-related sector, namely. Biographical control of citizens going abroad. To appear that the state would further improve the movement of people abroad, the President of the People's Assembly issued the decree No.7393, the 126.1990 “for issuing passports abroad and related clarifications”.

In Tirana, 18 diplomatic representations, 4 commercial representatives, were located in 1990, and there were 5 residence residence residences and 4 residence residences. For their physical security depending on the Directorate of Internal Affairs in Tirana, a special department consisting of 5 officers, 13 deputy officers and 125 service policemen were operating. These forces provided physical security for 17 embassies, 2 residences (French and Czech), 2 commercial representatives, and a residential palace. Some embassies were guarded by three positions for an eight - hour service and others with a seating post.

The first serious event of the embassies is that of the evening of June 23rd 1990, when a type car “Lyaz” from those in open charioted, driven by driver Fatos Kaceli, stormed ahead, breaking up the main gate of the Italian Embassy in Tirana (now headquarters of the US Embassy). That same evening another car called “Sauron” of the mining park in Tirana was rub on the embassy wall.

In the communiqué No.154, the date 2,7,1990 of the MPB, was announced as follows: “dated 1.7.1990 behind RFRC's embassy car “Robbur” with TR 01-928 attempts to enter the embassy, coming towards the service police in order to print. The policeman shot twice with the gun. At this time, the device is rub on the side of the wall, where four or five people come up onto the cabin and from the covered chariot and into the embassy. There are some blood stains on the tool.

The morning of July 2nd 1990 turns out that representatives of the diplomatic body, ambassadors, first secretaries and high-level diplomas have been summoned to the MPJ. These have been received by State Protocol Director Kostac Chfligg. At the same time, there was an intensifying of violent entry into the territory of several embassies. At 10:30 a.m., 6 people enter the Italian embassy with a car called “Tabra”, tearing apart the surrounding wall, kelangelas.

At 19.00, 34 people enter the embassy of the German Federal Republic with a car “Skoda” led by the Bodinaku Star, blowing up the wall from the back of the embassy. At 21.00 a car “Skoda”, crowded with people, has entered the Greek Embassy, blowing up the side wall.