The Latest: NATO warns Macedonia over violence in parliament

Police officers arrive by busses at the parliament building in Skopje, Macedonia, Friday, April 28, 2017. More than 100 people were injured Thursday evening including protestors, policemen and lawmakers, after protesters broke through a police cordon and entered Macedonian parliament to protest against the election of an ethnic Albanian Talat Xhaferi as new speaker, despite a months-long deadlock in talks to form a new government. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski) Police officers arrive by busses at the parliament building in Skopje, Macedonia, Friday, April 28, 2017. More than 100 people were injured Thursday evening including protestors, policemen and lawmakers, after protesters broke through a police cordon and entered Macedonian parliament to protest against the election of an ethnic Albanian Talat Xhaferi as new speaker, despite a months-long deadlock in talks to form a new government. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski)

By Associated Press April 28, 2017 6 min read

SKOPJE, Macedonia (AP) – The Latest on the political crisis in Macedonia (all times local):

3:25 p.m.

The NATO alliance has warned Macedonia, a candidate country, not to let similar violence happen again after protesters stormed parliament and assaulted opposition lawmakers.

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says that authorities have a “solemn responsibility to uphold the rule of law, and ensure the security of Parliament and its members at all times.”

He added that “acts of violence like those we saw yesterday (Thursday) must not be allowed to happen again.”