Several
people injured in second night of anti-migrant unrest in Spanish town
Authorities
say at least one person arrested after disorder broke out in Torre Pacheco over
attack on pensioner
Agence
France-Presse in Madrid
Sun 13 Jul
2025 08.01 EDT
Several
people were hurt in a second night of anti-migrant unrest in the town of Torre
Pacheco in south-east Spain after a pensioner was beaten up, authorities said.
Despite a
major police presence, groups armed with batons roamed the streets looking for
people with foreign origins, the regional newspaper La Opinión de Murcia
reported.
The regional
government did not say how many people were injured but stated that at least
one person had been arrested over the violence.
The unrest
erupted after a 68-year-old man told Spanish media he was beaten up in the
street on Wednesday by three young people of north African origin. The attack
was filmed and put on social media.
The town
hall organised a demonstration on Friday that was intended to be peaceful but
where far-right elements shouted anti-migrant slogans. One group called Deport
Them Now posted a message on social media calling for attacks against people of
north African origin.
Spanish
authorities launched an appeal for calm on Sunday in the town of 36,000 people.
The
conservative head of the Murcian regional government, Fernando López Miras,
said in a post on X: “Torre Pacheco must get back to normal. I understand the
frustration but nothing justifies violence.”
The Torre
Pacheco mayor, Pedro Angel Roca Ternel, told RTVE public television: “I call on
residents to be calm, for tranquillity.”
Spain’s
youth minister, Sira Rego, a member of the hard-left Sumar alliance, condemned
the violence against migrants in a message on Bluesky, blaming the
“ultra-right” for the unrest.
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