Armed Afghan "Refugees" Try to Fight Their Way Into Bulgaria

Radio Free Europe reports:

An Afghan migrant was shot dead October 15 in a scuffle between Bulgarian border authorities and a group of migrants believed to all be from Afghanistan, Bulgarian government authorities said.

A fight and exchange of gunfire broke out after border authorities tried to seize around 40 illegal immigrants who had crossed the border from Turkey.

All of the migrants were men, some of them armed, authorities said. The migrant who was shot died on his way to the hospital. An investigation is underway.

The original AFP report indicated:

Public BNR radio cited ministry sources as saying that the group of 48 illegal migrants from Afghanistan was armed and aggressive and refused to obey an order by the Bulgarian border guards to stop and turn back.

The main stream media is already spinning the story, to eliminate or downplay the fact that the group was armed, just mentioning (deep down into the story) that it was unconfirmed if any were armed, with Yahoo changing its story without any notice.