Unrest flares in Barcelona after Senegalese man is shot dead

The death of a 32-year-old Senegalese man in Barcelona has lit the touchpaper of simmering ethnic conflict in the Besòs neighborhood of the Catalan capital. The victim, Ibrahima Dyei, died after being shot during an argument over a game of soccer. Four men of Gypsy origin, a father and his three sons, have been arrested over the shooting, which has awoken the latent anger of the Senegalese community, which still has similar race-related incidents involving Gypsies and African immigrants in Italy, Almería and Palma de Mallorca fresh in its minds.

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Unrest flares in Barcelona after Senegalese man is shot dead

The death of a 32-year-old Senegalese man in Barcelona has lit the touchpaper of simmering ethnic conflict in the Besòs neighborhood of the Catalan capital. The victim, Ibrahima Dyei, died after being shot during an argument over a game of soccer. Four men of Gypsy origin, a father and his three sons, have been arrested over the shooting, which has awoken the latent anger of the Senegalese community, which still has similar race-related incidents involving Gypsies and African immigrants in Italy, Almería and Palma de Mallorca fresh in its minds.

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Unrest flares in Barcelona after Senegalese man is shot dead

The death of a 32-year-old Senegalese man in Barcelona has lit the touchpaper of simmering ethnic conflict in the Besòs neighborhood of the Catalan capital. The victim, Ibrahima Dyei, died after being shot during an argument over a game of soccer. Four men of Gypsy origin, a father and his three sons, have been arrested over the shooting, which has awoken the latent anger of the Senegalese community, which still has similar race-related incidents involving Gypsies and African immigrants in Italy, Almería and Palma de Mallorca fresh in its minds.

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