Far-Right Groups And Migrants Clash In Spanish Town

Torre Pacheco, Spain July 14 (Reuters) – Spanish police arrested eight people after three nights Conflicts between far -right groups and North African immigrants In a town in the Southeast SpainThe government said on Monday.

In one SpainThe worst exacerbation of recent times is a few dozen young people from far -right groups, on Sunday night, some hooded, launcial glass bottles and objects in Riot Police in Torre Pacheco.

Police fired rubber bullets to suppress unrest.

Last week, the problem was caused by an attack that enabled an old man to recover at home.

Authorities said that two of the arrested were still involved in this attack when they still searched for the main perpetrator.

The Ministry of the Interior said he was arrested by the other six to five Spanish and North African origin – attack, public disorder, hate crimes or property damage.

Migrants, many of which are the second generation, make up about 40,000 of the population of Torre Pacheco. The area around the town is also home to a large number of immigrants working as a daily worker in agriculture, one of the columns of the economy in the Murcia region.

Speaking to the radio station Cadena Ser, Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska attributed violence from extreme right groups and political parties such as VOX, organization and calls for social media.

The police seized more than 20 vehicles trying to enter the town, some passengers carry rods and expandable batons.

“There are meetings to solve the problem (attack) to solve the problem. We don’t want them,” he said.

Abdeli, a North African immigrant who lives in Torre Pacheco and refused to give his surname, said he was afraid of getting on Scooter because he was afraid of being shot by the bottles thrown by the rebels.

“We want peace. This is what we want, we don’t want anything else,” he said on a street in Torre Pacheco on Sunday.

In 2000, violent anti -immigration protests started in El Ejido, the town of Almeria in South Spain After the three Spanish citizens were killed by Moroccan immigrants.

(Reporting by Violeta Sanchez Moura and Leonardo Benassatto; Additional Reporting and Writing by Emma Pinedo; Editing by Andrew Cawthorne)