Spain Protests Surge After Racist Murder of Moroccan Youth in Murcia

24 June 2021 – byPrince@Bladi · 1 min read

The Stop Racism platform in the Murcia region will organize protest movements this weekend against the exacerbation of racist and xenophobic crimes and acts in Spain. The demonstrations will take place in Murcia and Cartagena.

The Stop Racism Platform has initiated these demonstrations to say no "to racism, fascism and xenophobia," after the murder of the young Moroccan Younes Bilal, coldly shot by a former soldier on Sunday, June 13 in Mazarrón (Murcia).

To read: Moroccan Community Protests Racist Killing in Southern Spain

The demonstrations will start tomorrow Friday in Murcia on the Plaza de Santo Domingo. They will continue on Sunday in Cartagena on the Plaza de España, reports La Opinión de Murcia.

"The inhabitants of Murcia are welcoming, tolerant and open-minded people. We condemn the murders and attacks based on hatred, racism and xenophobia, which have recently occurred in various parts of the region," the platform said.

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