Protesters storm into Macedonia parliament, Social Democratic leader injured
28 April 2017 |
11:51 am
Protesters stormed into Macedonia's parliament and the leader of the Social Democrats was injured in a fistfight after his party and ethnic Albanian allies voted to elect an Albanian as parliament speaker.
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