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Police have arrested a member of
a hunting party in Serbia after a young Afghan migrant was shot dead in
the woods near the Bulgarian border.
Security forces in Pirot were patrolling the woods, in the southeast of Serbia, when they "heard a shot and then met six migrants, one of whom had been shot in the chest."
They then came across four hunters at the scene and arrested one of them on suspicion of shooting the 20-year-old migrant.
A Serbian defence ministry spokesman said: "Upon the arrival of emergency services, doctors could only establish the death of a 20-year old male citizen of Afghanistan." It gave no further details.
Security forces in Pirot were patrolling the woods, in the southeast of Serbia, when they "heard a shot and then met six migrants, one of whom had been shot in the chest."
They then came across four hunters at the scene and arrested one of them on suspicion of shooting the 20-year-old migrant.
A Serbian defence ministry spokesman said: "Upon the arrival of emergency services, doctors could only establish the death of a 20-year old male citizen of Afghanistan." It gave no further details.
The suspect, who was named only as M.M, lives in Pirot and is understood to be in his late thirties.
Prosecutors ordered the man to be held in custody for 48 hours.
Serbia lies on the so-called Baltic route taken by hundreds of thousands of migrants attempting to reach central Europe.
It comes a few weeks after Serbia's Interior Minister, Nebojsa Stefanovic, announced tough new plans to tighten its controls on the southern border in a bid to stem the flow of migrants.
He announced the creation of a joint police and military force tasked with pushing economic migrants back across the border and cracking down on people smuggling.
Prosecutors ordered the man to be held in custody for 48 hours.
Serbia lies on the so-called Baltic route taken by hundreds of thousands of migrants attempting to reach central Europe.
It comes a few weeks after Serbia's Interior Minister, Nebojsa Stefanovic, announced tough new plans to tighten its controls on the southern border in a bid to stem the flow of migrants.
He announced the creation of a joint police and military force tasked with pushing economic migrants back across the border and cracking down on people smuggling.
“Refugees do not want to stay in Serbia or to seek asylum here.
However, in accordance with the law, we will provide asylum to those who
seek it [in Serbia]," he told Serbia's public broadcaster RTL.
Both Serbia and Hungary have been accused of turning a blind eye to some migrants and allowing them to slip through their borders into neighbouring countries.
Though a 110-mile-long fence has been set up across the Hungary-Serbia border, many people are able to sneak across with help from smugglers.
It has led to the emergence of self-styled vigilante groups who patrol the borders of Serbia, Hungary and Bulgaria in search of illegal migrants.
Both Serbia and Hungary have been accused of turning a blind eye to some migrants and allowing them to slip through their borders into neighbouring countries.
Though a 110-mile-long fence has been set up across the Hungary-Serbia border, many people are able to sneak across with help from smugglers.
It has led to the emergence of self-styled vigilante groups who patrol the borders of Serbia, Hungary and Bulgaria in search of illegal migrants.
Last May Dinko Valev, a Bulgarian
vigilante, boasted of subduing 12 Syrian men, three women and a child
after pursuing them with his quad bike near the border.
Video footage posted on social media showed the migrants lying face-down on the ground while Mr Valev insulted them and claimed they came from Syria to "kill us like dogs."
Mr Valev, who was declared a "superhero" in one national TV report after the incident, claims that 95% of Bulgarians approve of his methods.
"[Migrants] are disgusting and bad people and they should stay where they are," he told the BBC in a recent interview.
Video footage posted on social media showed the migrants lying face-down on the ground while Mr Valev insulted them and claimed they came from Syria to "kill us like dogs."
Mr Valev, who was declared a "superhero" in one national TV report after the incident, claims that 95% of Bulgarians approve of his methods.
"[Migrants] are disgusting and bad people and they should stay where they are," he told the BBC in a recent interview.
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