Foreign Ministry seeks 'complete clarification' on fatal shooting of ethnic Greek by Albanian police

The Greek Foreign Ministry has called on Albanian authorities to "provide complete clarification" of the circumstances under which an ethnic Greek man was shot by Albanian police after reportedly opening fire at officers with an assault rifle.

"We await for the Albanian authorities to provide complete clarification about the conditions under which the Greek citizen lost his life, and we shall proceed with all necessary action immediately," the ministry said.

Noting that Greek authorities had been "in close contact with Albanian authorities" since the incident occurred on Sunday evening, the ministry said it was awaiting further details.

"In any case, it is unacceptable that the operation led to the loss of human life," it said.

According to Albanian media reports the man, identified as 35-year-old Konstantinos Kacifa (Katsifas), opened fire against officers...