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Racist attacks (1)

01 May 2003

In the last few months, there have been several violent racist attacks in Spain. One of these had a symbolic significance as it occurred in Ca N'Anglada, a neighbourhood in Terrasa (Catalunya) - the scene of racist attacks in 1999 in which several local residents took part, and which received widespread media coverage. On this occasion, on 3 May 2003, a group of skinheads from various towns around Barcelona arranged a meeting in the neighbourhood and attacked a group of people from Maghreb countries, one of whom was seriously wounded, after being stabbed repeatedly. Two weeks later, police arrested 12 people who were accused of taking part in the attack. Another racist attack took place in Huelva on 17 April, when a hooded gang armed with sticks and iron bars, beat an immigrant to death and injured another two who were hospitalised.