More than a thousand migrants raid in a group the border of Ceuta – Deutsche Welle

The security forces of Morocco and of the Guardia Civil claim that they were assaulted by immigrants. In total, we had 55 people injured, five spaniards and 50 moroccan.

The assault occurred in the area of Sidi Ibrahim, which is located in the central part of the perimeter delimiting the land border between Spain and Morocco, during the early morning hours of Sunday (01.01.2017), indicated by the Delegation of the Spanish Government in Ceuta.

Raiders acted in an “extremely violent"

The raiders tried to access the “extremely violent and organized, trying to force some of the doors of the fenced exterior, using bars of iron, shears, and stones of great size,” he said.

After holding back the assault, were perched on the fence outside 106 sub-saharan africa, of which, after examination by the services of the Red Cross, it proceeded to decline to 104 and two were taken to the hospital for serious injuries, although his life is not in danger.

VT (efe, reuters)

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