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Spain 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 violent confrontations over three consecutive evenings involving far-right factions and migrants from North Africa in Torre Pacheco.
- The unrest began after an attack last week on a local man in his late 60s, which authorities linked to suspects of North African origin amidst heightened anti-migrant tensions.
- Youths threw bottles at police, who responded with rubber bullets, while authorities assigned over 120 Civil Guard officers to uphold security in the town of 40,000 residents.
- Miguel Angel Aguilar, the leading prosecutor handling hate crimes in Spain, confirmed that investigations are underway concerning the incidents and related inflammatory social media posts, while Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska blamed the unrest on far-right groups and political parties like Vox promoting anti-immigrant messages.
- The arrests and broader investigations suggest a government effort to address hate crimes and contain politically fueled violence amid complex migration issues in Torre Pacheco.
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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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