30 injured in Greece farm shooting after pay dispute

30 injured in Greece farm shooting after pay dispute

PanARMENIAN.Net - About 30 migrant workers have been injured in a shooting on a strawberry farm in Greece after requesting salaries that had not been paid, BBC News said.

The migrants - mainly from Bangladesh - were shot at by at least one farm supervisor, in a Peloponnesian village in southern Greece.

Several of the workers have been taken to hospital but none are in a critical condition. The owner of the farm in Nea Manolada and one foreman have been arrested.

Nea Manolada, about 260km (160 miles) west of Athens, is an area where thousands of migrant workers are employed.

Around 200 workers had gathered to request their unpaid salaries when at least one farm supervisor opened fire.

Police Captain Haralambos Sfetsos told the AP news agency that the workers had "moved threateningly" towards foremen when the shots were taken.

In addition to the two men already arrested, warrants for two further arrests have been issued.

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