Scores of protesters in Macedonia have broken through a police cordon and entered parliament, attacking some lawmakers, to protest the election of a new speaker despite a months-long deadlock in talks to form a new government.
Protesters Attack Macedonia Lawmakers
![Macedonian police escorts injured members of the parliament including Social Democratic leader Zoran Zaev near the parliament in Skopje. Macedonia, April 27, 2017.](https://gdb.voanews.com/0319CE8A-A48D-4B2B-AA11-BAAC46E80A1E_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Macedonian police escorts injured members of the parliament including Social Democratic leader Zoran Zaev near the parliament in Skopje. Macedonia, April 27, 2017.
![Talat Xhaferi, center, a senior official of the ethnic Albanian Democratic Union for Integrations, stands after being elected as a new speaker in the parliament building in Skopje, Macedonia, April 27, 2017.](https://gdb.voanews.com/2E80F546-9D87-4AB2-B4B2-DD4900643DC0_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Talat Xhaferi, center, a senior official of the ethnic Albanian Democratic Union for Integrations, stands after being elected as a new speaker in the parliament building in Skopje, Macedonia, April 27, 2017.
![Police cordon block the protesters from entering into the parliament building in Skopje, Macedonia, April 27, 2017.](https://gdb.voanews.com/7E281C87-0B7E-4F38-B0AB-B09C1383268E_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Police cordon block the protesters from entering into the parliament building in Skopje, Macedonia, April 27, 2017.
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Police try to block protestors as they enter into the parliament building in Skopje, Macedonia, April 27, 2017. Scores of protesters have broken through a police cordon and entered Macedonian parliament to protest the election of a new speaker despite a m