Hundreds of Serbian officers have been dispatched to a border area with Hungary after a shooting between migrants killed three people and injured one. Reports of violence and gun battles have become common near the border between Serbia and Hungary and the police aim to “curb irregular migration and raising the level of security in this part of the country, where clashes among migrants are frequent, not rarely with the use of firearms.” Thousands of migrants have been camping in the area, looking for ways to cross with the help of people smugglers. Interior Minister Bratislav Gasic pledged that „we will not move from here until every person responsible for any criminal act or incident is removed.” Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has suggested he might bring in the military “to fix this.”
Police actions are aimed at curbing irregular migration and raising the level of security in this part of the country. Two people from Kosovo were detained, suspected of smuggling migrants and supplying them with weapons and four Afghan and two Turkish nationals were detained late on Friday. The Serbia-Hungary border area lies on the Balkan land route of migration toward Western Europe.
