It’s a video making waves across social media.
Spanish national police on Sunday intercepted a boat carrying migrants attempting to illegally reach Spanish territory in North Africa, actually severing the migrant vessel in a collision, the U.K. Telegraph reported Wednesday.
And while there were, unbelievably, no serious injuries, the images have caused a storm in cyberspace.
Watch: Migrant dinghy crushed by Spanish police boat
The Guardia Civil can be seen chasing the speedboat and trying to block the path when it severs it in half
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According to The Telegraph, the Spanish boat was part of the country’s Guardia Civil, patrolling the coast off Melilla, a small Spanish enclave bordering Morocco in North Africa.
It was chasing a boat carrying four passengers and attempting…