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Croatian police use pepper sprays on refugees to prevent stampede

Xinhua, September 24, 2015 Adjust font size:

Croatian police confirmed on Wednesday that police used pepper spray to calm down refugees in Opatova,eastern Croatia, two children were hospitalized.

Jelena Bikic, the police spokeswoman, said that the refugees pushed each other when they were boarding a bus in the reception centre in Opatova, near the border with Serbia.

In order to protect children from "a human stampede", police used pepper spray. Two kids were sprayed accidently, she added.

The kids were sent to the hospital by Red Cross.

A total of 44,000 refugees entered Croatia during the previous week, the Croatian Interior Ministry said on Wednesday. Endit