Muslims protest against rampage

MELILLA - Around 500 Muslims marched through the streets of the Spanish enclave of Melilla in northern Africa yesterday to protest…

MELILLA - Around 500 Muslims marched through the streets of the Spanish enclave of Melilla in northern Africa yesterday to protest against soldiers who rampaged through a Muslim district.

The 300 soldiers, dressed in civilian clothes, smashed cars, broke windows and damaged cafe's on Sunday, to avenge the killing of a legionnaire during a bar brawl.

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