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Afghan migrant shot dead in Serbia

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AP Belgrade (Serbia)
Last Updated : Aug 24 2016 | 5:57 PM IST
Serbia's defense ministry says a 20-year old Afghan migrant crossing illegally from Bulgaria has been shot dead, apparently by hunters.
The ministry said today that its border patrol heard a shot yesterday night and then discovered six migrants, of whom one had a chest wound. He later died.
The ministry says a hunter who was at the scene was detained on suspicion that he shot the migrant.
Since the so-called Balkan migrant route was closed in March after more than 1 million used it to head for the EU last year, hundreds fleeing wars and poverty are still crossing daily from Bulgaria through Serbia to try to make it into EU-member Hungary.
UNHCR has estimated that there are currently some 4,400 migrants stuck in Serbia.

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First Published: Aug 24 2016 | 5:57 PM IST

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