IDOMENI, Greece—Macedonian police fired stun grenades Friday to disperse thousands of migrants stuck in a no man’s land with Greece, a day after Macedonia’s government declared a state of emergency on the border to halt a human tide heading north to the European Union.
About 3,000 migrants who spent the night in the open made several attempts to charge the police — and some hurled stones at the Macedonian forces. At least eight people were injured in the melee, according to Greek police.
Machine-gun toting police backed by armored vehicles spread coils of razor wire over rail tracks used by migrants to cross on foot from Greece to Macedonia. On Thursday, Macedonia shut the border to crossings.
