About 30 migrant workers have been injured in a shooting on a strawberry farm in Greece after requesting salaries that had not been paid.<\/p>\n
The migrants – mainly from Bangladesh – were shot at by at least one farm supervisor, in a Peloponnesian village in southern Greece.<\/p>\n
Several of the workers have been taken to hospital but none are in a critical condition.<\/p>\n
The owner of the farm in Nea Manolada and one foreman have been arrested.<\/p>\n
Nea Manolada, about 260km (160 miles) west of Athens, is an area where thousands of migrant workers are employed.<\/p>\n
Around 200 workers had gathered to request their unpaid salaries when at least one farm supervisor opened fire, reports the BBC’s Mark Lowen.<\/p>\n
Police Captain Haralambos Sfetsos told the AP news agency that the workers had “moved threateningly” towards foremen when the shots were taken.<\/p>\n
In addition to the two men already arrested, warrants for two further arrests have been issued.
\n‘Blood strawberries’<\/p>\n
Nea Manolada has previously been in the spotlight over exploitation of migrants.<\/p>\n
In 2008 workers staged a strike against inhumane conditions. There have also been reports of previous attacks.<\/p>\n
A social media campaign has now been launched to boycott the fruit from Nea Manolada, calling them “blood strawberries”.<\/p>\n