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Hungarian mayor tries to drive away migrants with video, slammed gates

Migrants board trains a train at the train station in Beli Manastir, near Hungarian border on September 18, 2015 in Beli Manastir,Croatia. Officials are saying that they had no choice than to close eight road border crossings yesterday after more than 11,000 people entered the country since Hungary fenced off its border with Serbia earlier this week.

Tovarnik, Croatia (CNN) — With razor wires and militarized borders, tear gas and water cannons, Hungary drove away weary, desperate migrants from its border with Serbia this week.

As they left, the mayor of the border town posted an online video with a warning. His message to migrants: If all that’s not enough to keep you away, I’ve got methods of my own.

In the two-minute action piece in Hungarian with English subtitles, Laszlo Toroczkai said he has his own backup for the nation’s troops.

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