Hostility, rejection or hatred towards foreigners or people perceived as such. It is an ethnocentric bias towards culture, values and traditions from abroad and it is showed from rejection, contempt and threats, segregation, disenfranchisement to major forms as assaults and murders.
A 58-year-old man of Romanian origin, unemployed electrician who now made a life looking through garbage trying to find anything that might sell for food. His cheerful and quiet personality, as remarked by friends and family, was in contrast to the way in which he met his death. He was…
A Police Investigation tries to clarify the alleged murder of a 20-year-old black young man from Ecuador, who was killed by other young man of 19 in Vallecas (Madrid). The Forensic Report noted “an occipital bruise with bleeding”. A 19-year-old young and tall man was arrested. According friends, he was…
The corpse of this 26-year-old Moroccan-born man was found by some hunters in a farm field. He died beheaded and his head was totally crushed by the impact of a stone. An alleged hate crime.
Giovanni Musat, a 33-year-old man from Suati Alonita (Romania) and Steel Fixer worker, was killed by a kick to the head that caused him a blood clot in the brain, according to autopsy report. His neck struck the paving stones of “La Cabrera” Square (Madrid). A man about 25 years…
This 40-year-old Algerian man was attacked by several people who have cried “racist and xenophobic” shouts against him according witnesses. After attacking, they beat him with a glass bottle which caused a severe head injury, so he was rushed to a Hospital. A month later, police arrested 5 people allegedly…
A farm and construction worker of Moroccan origin and member of the SOC-Sindicato de Obreros del Campo (Field Workers Trade Union) who died as a result of multiple stab injuries. Although the police tried to relate the case to drug traffic, the relatives of the victim always denied such accusation…
A group of young men jumped into a Skating Rink installed at Cervantes Sq. in Alcala de Henares (Madrid) at 7 a.m. when the premises were closed. The guard, Ioan Grancea, a 28-year-old Romanian citizen, tried to dissuade them not to do so. The alleged perpetrator of Grancea’s dead, who…
A 30-year-old Moroccan young man was walking with his girlfriend when he was lashed by a group of Spanish boys. The victim reproach their attitude, being surrounded and brutally assaulted by them. Four minors were arrested in connection with the facts. One was released and the Prosecution asked the precautionary…
The victim was shot in the head on leaving the pub “Zurich” at Salou (Tarragona-Catalonia) allegedly by a hate crime. He had come to the scene at noon, extending New Year’s celebration with his brother and some friends.
A Moroccan man with unknown name or age, died from several injuries caused by a knife. According to witnesses, the victim tried to take refuge from his pursuers in a house, but he failed. The neighbors related that the victim was attacked by three young Spanish men aged between 25…
