11.   Officers toting semiautomatic weapons set up roadblocks and patrolled outside the Parliament building.

12.   Some went out carol, but had to tote their weapons.

13.   Some went out caroling, but had to tote their weapons.

14.   Some went out carolling, but had to tote their weapons.

15.   Soldiers toting automatic weapons took up checkpoints around the capital and passers-by stopped to gawk at bullet holes in the colonial-style legislative palace.

16.   Some went out to sing Christmas carols, but had to tote their weapons with them.

17.   Dozens of people were seen on the streets of Vlore on Saturday toting stolen weapons and letting rip with gunfire.