Over 700 hundred migrants have stormed the Spanish exclave of Ceuta, some armed with homemade flamethrowers, sticks, chemicals and even poo, after breaking through the border fence.
More than 100 migrants and 22 border agents were injured in the battle as border agents arrested hundreds of invaders on the Moroccan side and more were detained in Ceuta. Volunteers and the local branch of the Red Cross told reporters that 132 migrants sustained injuries, while 11 had to be taken to a local hospital.
Some of them were cut with barbed wire while trying to climb the border fence, and others sustained broken bones. The scuffles also led to 22 border agents receiving injuries. Some agents were burnt as the migrants attacked them with homemade flamethrowers while trying to avoid arrest.
Illegal migrants were also reportedly fighting off the border agents with sticks, quicklime and sprays contain
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