Posted Monday, September 8th, 2008
Sunday saw another disturbed night in the “200 Viviendas” area of Roquetas del Mar as roaming groups of North Africans (Marroquis as the Spanish press call them) clashed with groups of ethnic Gypsies (Gitanos). Guardia Civil anti riot police tried to enforce a full curfew in the area as from 22.00 hours onwards, but were [...]
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Posted Sunday, September 7th, 2008
Roquetas del Mar suffered a night of near rioting as roving groups of gitanos and marroquies (Gypsies and North Africans) clashed with police and firemen after a fight between two groups got out of hand.
It appears that a gitano stabbed a marroqui in a fight - the marroqui died of the wound before getting to [...]
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Posted Wednesday, June 11th, 2008
These are the injuries sustained by a farmer after police charged a demonstration held this afternoon in front of the tax offices in Almeria. There were almost 20 civilians injured, plus some 13 police officers, although the worst injury reported was a severe cut to the upper arm of a woman.
Farmers, deliverymen, drivers and other [...]
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