They identified him as a 42-year-old resident of La Linea de Concepcion, a down-trodden Spanish town that borders Gibraltar on Spain's southern tip. Following the incident, which took place late on Monday, a Spanish policespokesman told AFP the boat in question belonged to "several suspected tobaccosmugglers". But the fatal collision sparked angry demonstrations in La Linea where around 100 people began "hurling different objects at the police," the police official said, indicating the unrest continued into the night. "The exact circumstances surrounding this tragic incident are still unclear but I have sent my deepest condolences to the family involved and to the mayor of La Linea," he said. It is also the entry point for contraband tobacco, with widespread cigarette smuggling between the tiny, low-tax British territory and Spain posing a major irritant in their frayed diplomatic relations.

Source: The Local October 01, 2019 16:41 UTC