Protesters enter Macedonia parliament after ethnic Albanian elected as speaker -witnesses


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  • Friday, 28 Apr 2017

Demonstrators carry an injured man after clashes with the riot police near the parliament in Skopje. Macedonia April 27, 2017. REUTERS/Ognen Teofilovski

SKOPJE (Reuters) - Macedonian police fired stun grenades on Thursday evening to disperse protesters outside the parliament and clear the way for the evacuation of lawmakers still in the building.

Protesters stormed into Macedonia's parliament and assaulted the leader of the Social Democrats on Thursday after his party and ethnic Albanian allies voted to elect an Albanian as parliament speaker, witnesses said.

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