French police have shot migrants with potentially lethal rubber bullets to stop their illegal boat crossing the Channel to the UK.
An investigation by French national police authorities was under way last night into the first known case of gun tactics to halt a migrant boat launch.
It marks a major escalation of tension on the beaches as gendarmerie night patrols struggle to control the armada of boats heading for Britain.
The shooting happened in darkness at Dunkirk as eight Iranian Kurds carried a dinghy towards the sea. It was destined to bring 40 migrants from France.
Two Iranian Kurds hit by the bullets were taken to hospital, one with a fractured leg and the other with a broken hand. Those carrying the boat claim that the group of gun-toting police laughed at them as their injured comrades fell to the ground.
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