A van fleeing police in Croatia crashed near the Bosnia-Herzegovina border, injuring 14 people, including young children, in a suspected human trafficking operation. The incident highlights the dangers of migration routes through the Western Balkans into the EU.
Fourteen people were injured in Croatia while fleeing police when their van crashed into a streetlamp near the Bosnia-Herzegovina border, the Swiss news outlet 20 Minuten reported on Monday (September 9).
The passengers were said to be Syrian nationals. Seven children, some reportedly as young as five years old, were among those injured and taken to the hospital. Authorities are investigating what is suspected to be a human trafficking operation to transport the passengers into Western Europe.
