The government of Senegal has officially protested the death of a Hundreds of the street vendor who died on Thursday evening in Madrid.
35-year-old Mame Mbaye Ndiaye suffered a heart attack in the street while running away from police.
That evening protesters threw stones and set dustbins alight in Madrid’s Lavapies neighborhood, home to many migrant communities and near the place where Ndiaye died.
Senegalese Foreign minister, Sidiki Kaba told a private radio, KFM, that the Spanish ambassador to Dakar was summoned and tasked to explain the circumstances surrounding the death of Ndiaye.
The Government of Senegal condemns the violence that led to the death of the Senegalese,’‘ Kaba said.
Kaba says the government has request an independent commission of inquiry into Ndiaye’s death.
Meanwhile, hundreds of people held a peaceful protest in central Madrid on Friday to demand better police treatment of street vendors.
Friday’s gathering in a square in Lavapies passed without violence. Protesters held signs reading slogans such as “Enough of police harassment” and chanted “Police murderers”.
Spain is the third busiest European migration hub, with more than 20,000 arrivals recorded last year.
Curled from African news.
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