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“When we fled, our young brothers were killed,” piped up a self-assured 14-year-old Sudanese girl in a rose pink headscarf, who spoke calmly and quietly about terrifying times.

Terzes, the police spokesperson, said the driver of the first vehicle fled the scene and has not been apprehended.

A large old key is a symbol of all the Palestinian homes lost when hundreds of thousands were expelled or fled during the war in 1948 that established the State of Israel.

Another refugee said: "The arrests are unjustified, and our lives are in danger. We fled persecution in Eritrea, only to face it here."

Another opposition councillor who supported his remarks has since fled Russia.