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Hundreds of Serbian police deploy in border zone with Hungary after deadly shooting among migrants

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Hundreds of Serbian officers have been dispatched into a border area with Hungary, where they detained several people 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 European Union member nation Hungary. Thousands of migrants have been camping in the area, looking for ways to cross with the help of people smugglers. Interior Minister Bratislav Gasic, who visited the area, pledged that “we will not move from here until every person responsible for any criminal act or incident is removed.” Police said they detained two people Saturday from Kosovo who are suspected of smuggling migrants and supplying them with weapons.

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