In the vicinity of an Albanian factory where weapons are dismantled, the authorities arrest three suspected spies. A suspect attacked two soldiers with a kind of spray. You are taken to a hospital with eye injuries.
Two Russian and one Ukrainian citizen have been arrested near a military base in Albania, a member of NATO. The Albanian Ministry of Defense said soldiers prevented the three people from entering the factory. Two soldiers were injured. Disused weapons are dismantled at the factory in the city of Gramsh. Military police, secret services and anti-terrorist experts began investigations.
Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama said the three arrested were suspected of espionage. The two men and one woman are 24, 25 and 33 years old, according to the Defense Department. According to the police, the 24-year-old was caught trying to photograph the facility. The Russian citizen would have defended himself against the arrest with a kind of spray. The two soldiers were taken to a hospital in Tirana with eye injuries.
The further investigations led to the 33-year-old Russian and the 25-year-old Ukrainian, who were arrested at a checkpoint in a car during subsequent road closures, as the authority announced on Facebook.
Albania is a popular summer holiday destination for tourists from Russia and Ukraine. The country has been a NATO member since 2009.
