Tirana Rocked by Twin Bomb Blasts

Albania's capital was rocked Tuesday by two blasts targeting a pharmacy owned by a minister's family and the apartment of a senior police officer.

No one was injured in the pre-dawn explosions described by Prime Minister Edi Rama as "terrorist acts".

The first explosion heavily damaged the pharmacy owned by Interior Minister Saimir Tahiri's family, a police statement said.

The second blast, which followed shortly afterwards, rocked the apartment of a police official, also causing heavy damage, the statement said.

Rama said the blasts were clearly aimed at intimidating Tahiri's family.

"The perpetrators will be found and brought to justice soon," he vowed in a statement.

Police also said they had defused a third explosive device around 0515 GMT, near a bus station just a few meters (feet) from the site of the first blast.

Local prosecutors said a probe was underway.