Death toll in mass attempt to enter Spains Melilla hits 18

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Moroccan security forces on the border fence separating Morocco from Spain's North African Melilla enclave, near Nador in Morocco

Sharjah 24 – AFP: The death toll following a mass attempt by a huge crowd of African migrants to cross from Morocco into Spain's Melilla enclave climbed to 18 on Friday, according to a new Moroccan toll.

"Thirteen illegal migrants injured during the assault on the town of Melilla died in the evening from their serious injuries," the authorities in Nador province said in a statement. The authorities had earlier said five migrants were killed and 76 injured, 13 of them seriously, while 140 police officers were injured, five of them seriously.

Death toll in mass attempt to enter Spain's Melilla hits 18

Sharjah 24 – AFP: The death toll following a mass attempt by a huge crowd of African migrants to cross from Morocco into Spain's Melilla enclave climbed to 18 on Friday, according to a new Moroccan toll.

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