El Ejido riots
2000 race riots in El Ejido, Spain / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
From 5 to 7 February 2000, the Spanish town of El Ejido in the province of Almería experienced race riots against its Moroccan agricultural workers. The rioting was triggered by the recent murders of two Spanish men and a Spanish woman by two separate Moroccan individuals. The rioting was described at the time as the worst instances of racial violence in modern Spanish history.[3][4][5]
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Date | 5–7 February 2000 | |||
Location | El Ejido, Spain | |||
Caused by | A series of murders of Spanish residents by Moroccan immigrants | |||
Methods | Rioting, looting, gunfire,[1] stone-throwing, assault, arson | |||
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Injuries | 49 | |||
Arrested | 158 |
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