Police in Cyprus say they have arrested 21 people and used tear gas and a water cannon after a group of Greek Cypriots wearing hoods and brandishing sticks tried to attack Syrian migrants
Police in Cyprus say they have arrested 21 people and used tear gas and a water cannon after a group of Greek Cypriots wearing hoods and brandishing bats tried to attack protesting Syrians in a small village that has been a hotbed of tensions between locals and migrants.
Police spokesman Christos Andreou told state broadcaster CyBC Tuesday that the clashes began when Greek Cypriots attempted to assault the migrants. He said nine Greek Cypriots and a dozen migrants were detained.
Migrants then staged their own protest the following day against what they said was unfair treatment by authorities and locals and for damage caused to their property. Justice Minister Anna Koukkides-Procopiou and Police Chief Stelios Papatheodorou were on hand to meet a delegation of migrants to hear their grievances in a bid to defuse tensions.
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