Information reaching Kossyderrickent has it that At Least 23 Killed at Border Stampede in Melilla, a Spanish Territory in North Africa. (Read More Here).
According to information, Spanish and Moroccan police forces opened fire on a migrant mob attempting to cross into Spanish territory bordering Morocco.
Human rights campaigners in Spain and Morocco have called for investigations to be launched in both countries after a mass attempt to scale the border fence between Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Melilla left at least 23 people dead.
Spanish officials said about 2,000 Africans made their way to the iron fence at dawn on Friday, with more than 500 managing to slip into a border control area after cutting an opening with shears.
NGOs on the ground said the number of deaths could be higher. “We’ve confirmed 37 deaths in the Melilla tragedy,” said Helena Maleno Garzón, whose organisation, Walking Borders, is in constant contact with Africans seeking to cross into Spain from Morocco.
Walking Borders joined more than half a dozen others, including Amnesty International Spain, in calling for an investigation into what ranks as the deadliest day in recent memory along the section of the EU’s only land border with Africa.
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It’s not an incident! It’s a #Massacre orchestrated by Spain & executed by Morocco.#MelillaMassacre pic.twitter.com/ylr2i02R5v
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