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Police arrest 20 in Cyprus as anti-migrant violence spreads

In the last 16 years, 413 racist attacks and incidents have been taken to court in the Greek Cypriot administration [Iakovos Hatzistavrou/AFP]

Cyprus police have arrested 20 people after a march against migrants and refugees on the island’s second-largest city, Limassol, turned violent with mobs vandalising property.

Five people were injured during the unrest on Friday evening after about 500 people took to the streets for the march, the police said.

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