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Spain's Palma de Majorca tense after riots
Aug 30, 2011, 9:51 GMT
Palma de Majorca, Spain - Dozens of police were Tuesday patrolling a multiethnic neighbourhood in Palma, capital of the Spanish tourist island of Majorca, after a quarrel between local Roma and Nigerian immigrants sparked rioting.
Five people were in custody, police sources said.
Two police officers were slightly injured in the violence that broke out Monday, according to the daily El Pais.
A group of Nigerians accused Roma of pushing a Nigerian, who fell from a balcony and died. Police, however, said the man had probably fallen accidentally when trying to cross from one balcony to another.
Angry Nigerians accused police for failing to arrest the person responsible for the death and rioted for more than three hours, setting dozens of cars on fire and destroying property. Police fired rubber bullets to disperse the rioters.
The unrest occurred in the Son Gotleu neighbourhood, where nearly 40 per cent of the residents are foreign nationals. There was violence between Nigerians and Roma in 2009.
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