MADRID, June 25 (Reuters) - Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Saturday blamed "mafia" people traffickers for a violent and fatal border incursion on the Moroccan border with the Spanish north African enclave of Melilla on Friday, which left at least 18 migrants dead and scores of Spanish and Moroccan officers injured. "It was an attack on the territorial integrity of our country," Sanchez told a news conference in Madrid. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Belen Carreno, writing by Aislinn LaingOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Source: The North Africa Journal June 25, 2022 22:32 UTC