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Refugee children defeat Serbian police officer in adorable snowball fight

The children were briefly staying at the Serbian camp before heading to Croatia

Marta Portocarrero
Thursday 07 January 2016 09:01 EST
Serbia: Police meet their match in snowball fight with refugee children

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Video has emerged showing a group of mostly Syrian refugee children having an adorable snowball fight with a police officer.

The footage was filmed at a refugee camp in Serbia before ebing uploaded to Facebook by Nemanja Bozovic, who works at the camp.

The video has now been watched more than 700,000 times.

It shows the police officer backed against a wall while bearing the brunt of an icy barrage much to the delight of the youngsters, who are clearly enjoying playing in the snow.

Betraying his fellow officer, another member of the police is seen helping the children by giving them snow balls ready to be thrown at his colleague.

The heart-warming episode happened at a refugee camp at Sid, west of Belgrade on the Croatian border.

According to the Serbian N1 Channel, the children had come from the Middle East and were stopping for a few hours at the camp on their way to Croatia.

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