Albanian Army officials say former Deputy Prime Minister Gramoz Pashko was being airlifted from Tirana to a hospital in Italy for treatment for serious injuries he received in a swimming accident when the accident occurred.
Albanian and Italian authorities are searching the coastal waters near Bari.
(AFP, AP)
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