African migrants rioted in a southern Spanish beach city on Friday, setting fire to garbage bins and cars, after a man from Guinea-Bissau was stabbed to death, local officials said.
Manolo Garcia, a city councillor in Roquetas del Mar in the province of Almeria, said the killing of the 41-year-old man in the city led to protests which descended into violence in the working class neighbourhood of Cortijos de Marin.
“Garbage bins are being burnt, cars have been burnt, windows have been shattered,” he told radio news station Cadena Ser.
Local online newspaper Ideal published a photo of a garbage container engulfed in flames in the middle of a street near a pharmacy as well as a video of man pushing a garbage container onto a burning car.
Police found the body of the man from Guinea-Bissau on a street in Roquetas del Mar in the early hours of Friday. Police suspect the man was stabbed following a dispute over a traffic accident, local media reported
About 30-40 people had taken part in the unrest but police have since brought the situation under control, the assistant deputy of the national government in Almeria, Andres Garcia Lopez, told Cadena Ser.
“At this moment the situation is back to normal,” he said.
No arrests
Police would remain at the scene throughout the night and for the next few days to prevent any more unrest, he added.
No one was injured in the riot and no arrests were made, Lopez said.
The province of Almeria is home to a sea of plastic greenhouses that employ many migrants as vegetable and fruit labourers. It also relies on tourism but the jobless rate in the province stand at 31 per cent, much higher than the already high national rate of 21 per cent.
In 2008 African migrants in Roquetas del Mar set fire to cars and houses, and attacked police and firefighters with stones, after a 28-year-old Senegalese man was stabbed to death
source : gulfnews
GMT 09:33 2018 Monday ,01 January
13 killed in Barcelona as van ploughs into crowdGMT 22:27 2017 Monday ,18 September
Barcelona train crash injures 54GMT 23:52 2017 Saturday ,09 September
France Says 26 French Hurt in Barcelona AttackGMT 04:53 2017 Wednesday ,23 August
Thirteen killed in Barcelona as van ploughs into crowdGMT 03:13 2017 Tuesday ,22 August
Van ploughs through crowd in Barcelona, killing 13Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2021 ©
Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2021 ©
Send your comments
Your comment as a visitor