Police Detain Eight After Anti-Migrant Clashes in Southern Spain

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Several people have been arrested in Spain after unrest apparently sparked by an assault on an elderly man.

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Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spanish police have arrested eight people in connection with violent clashes between far-right groups, local residents and migrants in a southeastern city over the weekend, authorities said Monday. The clashes in Torre-Pacheco, in the Murcia region, occurred Saturday night after an elderly man was beaten earlier in the week by unknown assailants, prompting far-right groups to call for revenge against the area's lar…

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In the south-east Spanish city of Torre Pacheco about 30 percent of the inhabitants have a migration history. On the weekend there were riots. The attack on a pensioner is said to have triggered. A fact check.

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It all began with a brutal attack that shattered the calm. Domingo, a 68-year-old man, went out for a walk early in the morning on Wednesday, July 9, when he was approached without warning by two young men, one of them a minor. They hit him from behind, threw him to the ground, and punched and kicked him, leaving him seriously injured. No robbery was reported: they kept his watch and belongings, which rules out a motive as a motive for the attac…

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The two arrested for the cover-up of the brutal aggression suffered last Wednesday by a neighbor of Torre Pacheco (Murcia) are Maghrebians and are not neighbors of the town, sources close to the investigation have reported this Monday.