Two hundred Senegalese marched today through the streets of the Spanish coastal resort of Salou (northeast) to protest the death of one of his countrymen, who yesterday rushed from a balcony while fleeing police during an operation against the illegal hawking.
Demonstrators gathered outside the town hall and then went to the house of the deceased, to finish the march in the Plaza de la Paz, where several speakers took the floor.
During the march there was an incident between the owner of a bar and protesters who threw chairs and bottles after he recriminate conduct them yesterday when clashes between police and the Senegalese community occurred as a result the death of his compatriot.
Police said the man, 50, rushed to the balcony without a word or interact with the agents entered the house to stop him during a raid against illegal hawking.
The man’s death sparked protests of the Senegalese community, including cutting the railway, which led to establishing an alternative service road.
The incidents resulted in a detainee’s roommate died, and 24 minor injuries.
The mayor of Salou, Pere Granados, asked today, in an appearance before the media, the social peace is maintained in the municipality, a tourist town on the Mediterranean coast, home to citizens of more than one hundred different nationalities, according to the ruler.
“I have met with the families and with the consul of Senegal to intercede in for social peace, “Granados said.
Meanwhile, the deceased’s family explained that” the Mossos d’Esquadra (Catalan police) entered the house and the victim was scared and ran the balcony where, willingly or unwillingly, pushed him. “
Salou is in full -in summer tourist season reaches its invernal- tenfold population and as usual in the Spanish coastal towns, proliferates Illegal street vendors during the summer.
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