ILLEGAL MIGRANTS HURL CHEMICAL SOLVENT AT CEUTA RESIDENTS, NGO ROLE PROBED:

A group of illegal migrants threw bottles filled with a chemical solvent at Ceuta residents protesting against their continued presence in the Spanish enclave since the mass invasion of around 80,000 people from Morocco at the end of July.

The attack came only hours after local media reported that police were investigating suspicious bulk purchases of chemicals and aluminium foil by illegal migrants accompanied by NGO activists.

The attack occurred as hundreds marched through Villajovita towards central Ceuta. Local newspaper El Faro de Ceuta reported that bottles containing aguarrás, a solvent commonly used as paint thinner, were thrown directly at demonstrators. Witnesses saw one suspected attacker flee and said at least four people were involved. As some of the crowd tried to pursue them, authorities intervened and stopped them.

Earlier on Friday, Telemadrid reported that the National Police were investigating an unusually large purchase of aguafuerte—hydrochloric acid—and aluminium foil at a Ceuta supermarket by a large group of migrants accompanied by NGO activists. La Gaceta, citing police sources, identified the NGO as No Name Kitchen (NNK) and said investigators were examining whether the materials were intended for homemade devices and whether activists had assisted with their storage. There is currently no publicly known evidence linking the two cases. Nevertheless, they fit into an increasingly violent sequence of events since the mass invasion.

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