Anti-migrant protesters in Spain clashed with police after a man of Malian origin was detained on charges of raping a young local woman. The unrest broke out on Friday night outside a migrant center in Alcala de Henares, a suburb of Madrid.
Police earlier arrested a 21-year-old man in connection with the brutal rape of a Spanish woman of the same age near the center last weekend. The suspect allegedly beat and sexually assaulted the victim before fleeing. However, he was subsequently identified based on surveillance footage as one of the asylum seekers living in the migrant center. He has been placed in provisional detention without bail.
Around 300 people joined the protest to support the rape victim outside the migrant center late on Friday. Footage posted online showed demonstrators pushing against police lines near the facility, where some 2,000 migrants are reportedly housed, calling for its closure and for changes to migration laws.
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