(Reuters) Three migrants died in a shootout near Serbia’s border with Hungary early on Friday, local media reported, along an EU entry route increasingly used by people smugglers and where Serbian police have stepped up patrols.
The gunbattle, in which a fourth migrant was wounded, occurred in abandoned buildings near the border village of Horgos, N1 television reported, citing police. Reuters calls to the local police station went unanswered.
It was not immediately clear who had fired the shots, which were reported by villagers.
A Serbian NGO said last month that criminal gangs are fighting for control of the area as they try to smuggle migrants into the European Union.
