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Malta police injured in migrant centre riot
VALLETTA, Oct 21, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – Two police in Malta were injured and
several cars torched in a riot by more than 100 migrants at an open centre
near the capital Valletta early Monday, officials said.
The riot started when an allegedly drunk migrant was refused entry
overnight to the centre in Hal Far, close to the airport, Interior Minister
Michael Farrugia told AFP.
The Nigerian migrant allegedly tried to assault a security officer and
then called to friends inside the centre.
The rioters torched five cars belonging to workers, damaged a police car
and set fire to at least two of the centre’s administrative buildings.
BSS/AFP/RY/1845 hrs