More than 300 Africans tear through razor-wire fence to get into Europe

MORE than 300 Africans tore through a razor-wire fence separating Morocco from the Spanish enclave of Melilla yesterday, clashing with police in the latest wave of undocumented immigrants seeking a foothold in Europe.

Officials said an estimated 650 people tried to cross, and about 350 succeeded, in the predawn surge into Melilla, a small, crowded enclave on Morocco's northern coast. Police on both sides were overwhelmed.

"There were just too many of us," said Fofama Issa, a 28-year-old man from Mali, sitting barefoot in an overflowing holding facility after the melee.