US EditionA Crowd Tries to Lynch a Maghrebi to the Cry of "Gora Eta" in Hernani
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The Hernani Txosna Committee and the Amher SOS Racism Committee have reported more attacks against Maghreb people during the San Juan festivities in Hernani. They have denounced the fact that the town has been experiencing "racist attitudes, lies and organized actions" for weeks, and have warned: "We want to make it clear to the groups that are organizing all this that we will be in front of you."
The Hernani festivities ended this Friday with the bitter taste left by the serious disturbances of the night of San Juan, when a crowd attempted to storm the town hall, intent on lynching a person who was seeking police protection. Tuesday morning was a constant source of unrest. Several fights broke out, and, even more worryingly, several episodes of violence followed, fueled by hoaxes spread on social media and described as "organized racist …
The Hernani txosna committee and the Amher SOS Arrazakeria group made a statement this evening about the txosna, and explained that at least eight attacks against Maghreb people had occurred during the San Juan festivities. And they confirmed that there had also been organized attacks against migrants. "The Basque Country is not an oasis," they said: "And we cannot understand what is happening in Hernani as an isolated incident." They expressed …
A brutal collective aggression shook Hernani during the San Juan holidays. In the early morning hours of June 23, a crowd of 200 people tried to lynch a young man of Maghreb origin to the cry of "Gora ETA militarra!", after a fight in a bar. The young man managed to take refuge in the City Hall, where the Local Police protected him until the arrival of the Ertzaintza, who had to charge the aggressors to avoid lynching. The episode has uncovered …
The trigger would have been a previous assault by a group of Maghrebians against a local youth.
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