Macedonian politicians turn parliament violence into war of words
Macedonia’s rival parties are trading blame for violence in parliament, while world powers are giving opposing reactions to the events.
The European Union and the United States condemned Thursday’s attack, in which protesters stormed the Macedonian parliament in Skopje, attacking opposition lawmakers after they elected an ethnic Albanian speaker.
Russia blamed the events on the West, saying it had meddled in the Balkan nation’s internal affairs.
In Macedonia, the previous night’s violence turned into a war of words between rival politicians on Friday.
Zoran Zaev, the head of the opposition Social Democrats, who were targeted in the attack, accused the attackers of attempted murder.
Former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, whose supporters were among the mob that stormed the parliament, said he deplored the violence, but he accused the opposition of instigating it with an attempted power grab.
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