Shootout in Albania kills 4; lawmaker whose son is suspect resigns
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Police check the area at a night club in capital Tirana after three Albanian men and a 60-year old Italian who happened to be there were shot dead following a quarrel early morning, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2014. Two other young men were injured too. Police have detained three suspects and seized two pistols allegedly used in the murder. (AP Photo/Hektor Pustina) (The Associated Press)
A shootout at a nightclub in Albania has left four people dead, and a lawmaker whose son was detained as a suspect in the case has resigned.
The violence at the Ante Grand club in Tirana occurred early Tuesday, killing a 60-year-old Italian man and three Albanian men, police said. Two other men were hospitalized with injuries.
The shootout followed a quarrel at the club, which is located on the ground floor of an apartment block less than 100 meters (yards) from the U.S. Embassy, police said.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Three suspects were detained, including Konstandin Xhuvani, 25.
Soon afterward, his mother, Luiza Xhuvani, 50, an Albanian film star and governing Socialist party lawmaker, announced her resignation from Parliament at a news conference held with Prime Minister Edi Rama.