Overview

• A 19-year-old Moroccan-origin youth remains in pretrial detention for the unprovoked assault on a 68-year-old resident, while two alleged accomplices have been granted provisional release under judicial restrictions.
• Police identified around 80 participants and made three additional arrests after scattered clashes involving bottles and firecrackers, but a sustained Guardia Civil presence has largely quelled further violence.
• The Murcia Public Prosecutor has opened an investigation into potential hate-crime offenses by José Ángel Antelo, Vox’s regional leader, over his inflammatory statements.
• Government spokeswoman Pilar Alegría accused Vox of daily anti-immigrant agitation with PP’s “complicit silence,” as PP president Alberto Núñez Feijóo released a video urging calm and blaming the socialist administration for security lapses.
• An ultra-right protest called for July 15 attracted roughly 200 participants under tight guard, with authorities barring outsiders to prevent renewed unrest.