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Trader killed by Guardia Civil gunshots

01 August 2003

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The incidents that are repeatedly taking place on the Spanish border with Morocco in Ceuta, involving police officers attempts to arrest those who enter Spain clandestinely, caused another death on 3 October 2003. A trader died of a bullet wound from a shot fired by a Guardia Civil officer as he attempted to cross a barrier that has been erected on the border. The civil government in Tetuan (Morocco) claims that the death occurred on Moroccan territory, a fact that, if confirmed, could lead to a diplomatic incident between the two countries. The recent restrictions placed by the Spanish authorities on Moroccan citizens who regularly cross the border to trade, has resulted in several confrontations with the police, and complaints by traders on both sides of the border.

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