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Two Syrian children were detained at a gas station in Bulgaria’s town of Veliko Tarnovo.
The boys tried to escape after illegally crossing the Turkish border, private TV station TV 7 reported.
They traveled in a truck with Bulgarian registration carrying pallets.
The children have been taken to an accommodation center in Gorna Oryahovitsa.
The case is the subject of an investigation.
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