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Protesters closed the Struma highway near Blagoevgrad.

The reason for the protest is people's dissatisfaction that the dismantling and construction of the failed bridge at Pokrovniško road has not started for more than a year.

The bridge is the most direct connection between Blagoevgrad and six villages in the municipality.

The protest was announced for today at 3:00 p.m. in the area of ​​the roundabouts at the highway junction at Zelen dol.

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An hour before the demonstration, there was an increased police presence at the site.

After a brief altercation between the disaffected and the law enforcement officials, caused by the police request that the protesters go to the initial point of the protest - the municipal parking lot nearby, the tension escalated and the protesters decided to block the highway.

There are hundreds of people at the scene and traffic is stopped in both directions.