Death toll in mass attempt to enter Spain's Melilla hits 18
June 25, 2022 / 5:37 PM
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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.
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