Violence Breaks Out at Austria-Italy Border Over New Immigration Controls

Posted on April 4, 2016

Alex (L), a 28-year-old from Ethiopia and 19-year-old Abel (C) walk on a plattform towards a train to Innsbruck, Austria, at the Brenner Pass at the Austrian border on 21 July, 2015, in Bolzano, Italy.
Demonstrations by pro-migrant social centers at the Austrian Brenner border with Italy tuned violent Sunday, with protesters hurling stones and flares at the Austrian police, injuring five officers, according to reports.

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