Barricades and clashes erupted in the streets after calls on social media to hunt down North Africans in response to the brutal attack on an elderly man a few days ago.

The Government delegate has indicated that there are several open and very advanced investigations, so she expects the number of arrests to rise in the coming hours.

Torre Pacheco experienced its second consecutive night of riots on Saturday night, with several injuries, police charges, and an extremely tense atmosphere in the streets. The government delegate in the Region of Murcia, Mariola Guevara, confirmed the arrest of at least one person. The incidents occurred after renewed neighborhood protests in response to a brutal assault suffered by an elderly man, who was allegedly attacked by a group of young Moroccans, according to La Verdad.

The attack, which occurred on Wednesday, sparked a wave of protests and demonstrations in the municipality. The attack sparked a strong reaction among residents, some of whom began organizing through social media to demand action against what they consider an unsustainable situation of insecurity.

On Saturday night, dozens of people gathered in the center of the town and marched through the streets of the San Antonio neighborhood. In some cases, people of immigrant origin were chased, which led to clashes between groups and forced the intervention of the Local Police and Civil Guard.

The special operation deployed, with approximately 50 officers, failed to prevent the clashes. Several people were injured, some seriously, and moments of high tension lasted for hours. The Government Delegation has requested the dispatch of Civil Guard riot squads from Valencia to reinforce security.

The Government Delegate indicated that each and every street is patrolled by Civil Guard officers. She also noted that several investigations are open and well underway, so she expects the number of arrests to rise in the coming hours.

For security reasons, the market scheduled for that Saturday has been canceled. No arrests have been made so far, but the situation remains very delicate, and authorities have called an urgent meeting of the Local Security Board.

López Miras calls for calm and insists that those responsible for the attack will be held accountable.

The president of the Region of Murcia, Fernando López Miras, has assured that those responsible for the attack on the elderly man will be brought to justice, but has called for calm and trust in the State's security forces.

The full weight of the law will have to fall on them, of course. I understand everyone's frustration, but we must trust the security forces and the law, of course, he asserted.

Therefore, he has called for calm. The residents of Torre Pacheco want to live in peace and coexist as they have until now. And the calls for violence we are seeing from both sides cannot be allowed or tolerated.

For his part, the president of the PP, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, has asked the Government to reinforce the forces in the town to stop the spiral of violence immediately, after several scuffles and attacks between protesters who were protesting the lack of Civil Guard officers to combat the insecurity allegedly caused by young North Africans.

Authorities are calling for calm and cooperation, while residents in different areas are insisting on the need for more police resources and public order control.