Spanish police arrest 9 after weekend anti-migrant violence – POLITICO

Police in Spain have arrested nine people in connection with anti-migrant violence in the town of Torre Pacheco over the weekend, a local official said on Monday.

After a July 9 assault on an elderly local resident, who said one of his assailants was Moroccan, far-right groups called for violence against migrants in the town of 35,000 in Spain’s southeastern Murcia region. Starting on Friday, there have been three nights of violence as far-right groups “hunt” for migrants.

Five people have been injured, Spanish media reported, and 90 members of the Civil Guard police force have been deployed to deter further violence and prevent far-right agitators from entering the town.