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Another shooting, outside a polling station in Skopje's Cair neighbourhood, left one person in critical condition and five others wounded. Police said they arrested at least 10 people. Sunday's snap election was called by incumbent Prime Nikola Gruevski in a bid to secure a majority after his conservative coalition was shaken by a failed bid to enter NATO. Turnout was put at 46 percent. Slavic Macedonians make up 65 percent of the population.
(Deutsche Welle)
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