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Sunday, November 29, 2015

Migrants attack Macedonian police as construction of Greek border fence begins

Officers retaliated with stun grenades and plastic bullets after unrest broke out among 800 migrants waiting at the border to continue their journey to northern Europe Migrants on the Greek-Macedonian border have attacked police with stones, enraged by the sight of Macedonian authorities erecting a fence along the border. Authorities said 18 Macedonian officers were injured in the brief but intense clashes on Saturday. Most of them received minor injuries but two were hospitalised in the nearby town of Gevgelija, Macedonia’s interior ministry said. Continue reading...


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