MADRID (AP) — Officials say some 400 sub-Saharan migrants stormed Spain’s multiple-barbed-wire border fences separating its North African enclave of Melilla from Morocco, but failed in their bid to enter Europe.

A regional government statement said Spanish and Moroccan police, aware of the pending attempt, managed to force most of the crowd back early Wednesday.

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