A dead protestor lies during an anti-government protest in Tirana on January 21, 2011. Albanian anti-government protesters clashed with police when demonstrators threw stones at the security forces who responded with tear gas. Several thousand people gathered in the capital on January 21 after a call from the socialist opposition to protest against the current government of Prime Minister Sali Berisha. Three people were shot dead during an anti-government protest in Tirana on Friday, Sami Koceku, head of the military hospital emergency services.