{"id":262346,"date":"2025-07-13T19:30:18","date_gmt":"2025-07-13T19:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/262346\/"},"modified":"2025-07-13T19:30:18","modified_gmt":"2025-07-13T19:30:18","slug":"anti-tourism-riot-erupts-in-spain-after-pensioner-attacked-in-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/262346\/","title":{"rendered":"Anti-tourism &#8216;riot&#8217; erupts in Spain after pensioner attacked in street"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Violence broke out in the wake of an attack on an elderly man earlier this week<\/p>\n<p><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35 __className_7af52b\">Molly Seaman<\/strong> and <strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35 __className_7af52b\">John Varga<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>18:59, 13 Jul 2025<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0_Spain.jpg\" alt=\"Violent clashes erupted in Torre-Pacheco \" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Violent clashes erupted in Torre-Pacheco (Image: X)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Violent &#8216;riots&#8217; broke out in a town in south-eastern Spain involving groups of far-right activists late on Saturday, July 12.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The disorder was amongst the most serious such incidents in the country in recent decades and follows a reported assault on an elderly man earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The pensioner was attacked whilst walking along a street in the town of Torre-Pacheco by unknown people, reports <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/world\/2081270\/spain-torre-pacheco-far-right-groups-north-africans-clashes\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">the Express<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">He sustained several injuries and is said to be recuperating from his frightening experience at home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The motives behind the attack remain unclear and police have yet to make any arrests in relation to the incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Five people were injured and one was detained during the disturbances in the town on Saturday, according to local authorities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The town was calmer on Sunday, but government sources indicated further arrests were anticipated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Footage shared on social media revealed men wearing clothing displaying far-right symbols and migrants carrying Moroccan flags throwing objects at one another.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Another video shows a man being tackled to the ground and assaulted by someone in a white T-shirt.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The eruption of violence came after several days of mounting tensions and minor disorder.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Mariola Guevara &#8211; the central government&#8217;s representative in the region &#8211; told Spanish public television the attack was under investigation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">She condemned &#8220;hate speech&#8221; and &#8220;incitement to violence,&#8221; as far-right groups descended upon the town.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The official also pledged that additional Guardia Civil officers would be dispatched to the town to quell the violence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Local government data reveals that nearly one third of Torre-Pacheco&#8217;s population originates from abroad.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Numerous migrants also work as day labourers in agriculture in areas surrounding the town, which is situated in the Murcia region.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Murcia&#8217;s government recently had to retract a proposal to purchase housing to accommodate unaccompanied migrant minors, following protests from the far-right Vox party.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Violence broke out in the wake of an attack on an elderly man earlier this week Molly Seaman&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":262347,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5312],"tags":[2000,299,104],"class_list":{"0":"post-262346","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-spain","8":"tag-eu","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-spain"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114847588406796141","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=262346"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262346\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/262347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=262346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=262346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}