Eight arrested after far-right groups and migrants clash in Spanish town

14/7/2025 19:38

Spanish police have arrested eight people after three nights of clashes between far-right groups and North African migrants in a town in southeastern Spain, the government said on Monday.



In one of Spain's worst such flare-ups of recent times, several dozen youths from far-right groups, some hooded, hurled glass bottles and objects at riot police in Torre Pacheco on Sunday night. Police fired rubber bullets to quell the unrest.



The trouble stemmed from an attack last week by unidentified assailants on an elderly man that left him injured and recovering at home.



Authorities said two of those arrested were involved in that assault though they were still looking for the main perpetrator.