US EditionSpain arrests eight after far-right groups and migrants clash
TORRE PACHECO, MURCIA, SPAIN, JUL 14 – Eight arrests followed three nights of clashes sparked by an attack on a 68-year-old man amid tensions over migration and political debates on unaccompanied minors, officials said.
- Spanish authorities detained eight individuals on Monday following a weekend marked by violent confrontations between far-right activists and migrants from North Africa in Torre Pacheco, a town in southeastern Spain.
- The unrest erupted following an assault on a man in his late 60s the previous week and was further aggravated by online communications encouraging hostility against migrants.
- On Sunday night, dozens of masked youths threw glass bottles at riot police, who responded by firing rubber bullets, while more than 120 Civil Guard personnel were stationed in the area to ensure public order.
- Miguel Angel Aguilar, Spain’s top hate crimes prosecutor, said his office is investigating both the Torre Pacheco events and social media calls to violence, while Interior Minister Grande-Marlaska blamed far-right rhetoric from parties like Vox.
- The arrests include six held for assault and public disorder, with mayor Pedro Angel Roca and local Moroccan leaders urging the migrant community to avoid confrontation and remain calm amid ongoing tensions.
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The Independent (US)Far-right groups ‘hunt’ migrants as violence persists in Spanish town
The clashes flared up on Friday after a local man in his 60s was attacked in the street
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Far-right groups and migrants clash in southeastern Spain town
Spanish police have arrested nine people after three nights of clashes between far-right groups and North African migrants in a town in southeastern Spain, the government said on Monday. In one of Spain's worst such flare-ups of recent times, several dozen youths, some hooded, hurled glass bottles and other objects at riot police in Torre Pacheco on Sunday night. FRANCE 24's Clemence Waller reports.
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