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Masked migrants hurl ROCKS at police as riots erupt on EU's doorstep | ||||
2016-04-11 | ||||
[EXPRESS.CO.UK] A rampaging pack of more than 500 refugees
Greece, which is desperate to move on tens of thousands of migrants stranded within its order, described the use of force by Macedonian police as "dangerous and deplorable". In a strongly-worded statement, Greek government spokesman George Kyritsis said police had made "indiscriminate use of chemicals, rubber bullets and stun grenades against vulnerable populations". It's always been my opinion that cops should throw rocks back at them in such incidents. Then just stare and look stupid when they complain about getting hurt.
"Dozens of people were hurt, mainly suffering respiratory problems, and three had to be taken to hospital," MSF official Achileas Tzemos told AFP of the incident near the Idomeni crossing, a frequent flashpoint. A Macedonian police source said three officers were also injured by stones thrown by the protesting Tzemos also said several of the "We are using all allowed chemical means," police spokeswoman Liza Bendevska told AFP. "We are not using any kind of bullets as they are in Macedonia forbidden by law. We are not using batons as we are on the other side of the fence."
Declaring "Today we either break the border fence or die", large groups of up to 500 Foreknowledge of the existence of the leaflets calling the While it is not known exactly who produced the detailed instruction leaflet handed to The disparate activist groups working in Greece to destroy Europe’s borders came under heavy criticism in March after another such mass march on the border intended to overwhelm Macedonian border forces. Instead of leading thousands of The groups have given much more support to illegal
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Posted by:Fred |
#1 Not a whole lot different than TX, NM, and AZ borders. The US media is just less responsive. |
Posted by: Skidmark 2016-04-11 09:54 |