Around 60 migrants early on Tuesday made an attempt to break through the southern border fence at Roszke, on the Serbia-Hungary border. The police said on their website that an armed guard on duty fired three warning shots before patrols arrived at the scene.
Current affairs TV channel M1 reported that a small number of migrants managed to cross the border.
Police stopped all vehicles at checkpoints when it became apparent that migrants had spread out in all directions, M1’s correspondent said.
It added that the illegal attempt to cross the border took place at around 5.30am. Several members of the group who entered Hungary were arrested while police prevented others from getting through, the statement said.
Csongrad County Police Headquarters told MTI that 60 people stormed the border en masse and a border guard fired three warning shots.