Fourteen people arrested after anti -migrant riots in southern Spain

A total of 14 people were arrested and additional police were located after an attack on a pensioner caused anti -migrant excitement in a small town in southern Spain.

Three North African people have been detained on suspicion of attacked a 68-year-old man in Torre Pacheko last Wednesday.

The unrest began after a video distributed on social media, inflaming the city of 40,000 people, which is home to a large population of immigrants.

Later, the pensioner and police said the video was not related to the incident, but social media were calling to find and attack the perpetrators who multiply quickly.

By Friday, the groups armed with sticks could be seen wandering the streets of Torre Pacheko.

An far -right group, called “deport them now,” called for attacks on North African people. More social media reports are calling for renewed attacks against immigrants for three days this week.

A leading member of the extremist group was detained in the northeastern city of Mataro on suspicion of distribution of hate speech.

The 68-year-old victim of the attack from last Wednesday, named locally as Domingo Tommis Domingz, told the Spanish media that he was thrown to the ground and struck until he was walking with his morning walk.

A photo distributed on social media has shown that his face is wearing extensive bruises.

Police said the motive for the attack was unclear. Doming, said he was not asked to convey money or things and did not understand the language that his attackers speak.

The police presence has been harvested, with more than 130 local police officers in the province of Murcia and Guardia Civic.

The three people arrested on the suspicion of attacked the pensioner are Moroccan origin and in their early 20s, according to the Spanish media, and no one is the inhabitants of Torre Pacheko.

One of the suspects was arrested on Monday until he was preparing to take a train from the Basque area to cross the border to France.

The worst of the excitement happened over the weekend when groups of young people – some with hoods, attacked vehicles and businesses. Collision is also reported between far -right groups and people of North African descent.

On Sunday night, journalists witnessed several dozens of young people who throw glass bottles and other items at Riot Police.

A video surveillance video shared by several Spanish retail outlets, a group of men, some armed with bats and sticks, could see a vandalization of a kebab store that evening.

Torre Mayor Pacheko Pedro Angel Roca called on “the migrant community not to leave his homes and not to stand up for riots.”

Many residents of the city of migrant origin work in the thriving agricultural sector in the area, and some complain that they no longer feel safe in the city. The mayor said they have been living in Torre Pachecho for more than 20 years.

It is reported that users of the Telegram Group Extremely Denk are urging people to flow from other parts of Spain and participate in the “hunting” of North Africans in three days this week. Their channel has since been closed.

Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marska attributes violence against anti-immigration rhetoric by far-right groups and parties such as the VOX-third political forces of Spain.

VOX leader Santiago Abaskal denied the responsibility for the riot and accused the policies for “mass immigration” to resolve the alleged perpetrators of the attack from last week to enter the country.

Talking about migration, Abaskal said, “He stole our borders, stole our peace, and stole our prosperity.”

Murcia prosecutors have opened an investigation into hate crimes in the VOX regional president, Jose Angel Antelo, who said last week that the violence is the “guilt” of the two major parties of Spain – the PP) and the Socialist Party (PSOE).

Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said to X: “What we see in Torre-Pacheko challenges us all. We have to talk, act firmly and protect the values that unite us. Spain is a side of rights, not hatred.”