Romanian police have questioned seven US Navy sailors based in Romania over an altercation in a bar and fined five of them.
Police spokeswoman Mihaela Gird says officers were called after the sailors left a bar in southern Romania where they allegedly refused to pay for drinks early Sunday.
Gird said yesterday that the Americans "were noisy, and measures were taken to calm the tense situation."
The sailors are based at a US missile defence site in the southern Romanian town of Deveselu.
A local police spokesman says five sailors were collectively fined 3,300 lei (USD 874).
The US Navy says a total of seven sailors were involved and all were released. The Navy says it is conducting an internal investigation.
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