Pro-unity Spaniard murdered by far-left career criminal near Catalonia
Madrid — Catalonia’s election campaign has been shaken up by the murder of a man wearing the colours of the Spanish flag by a far-left supporter who had previously been jailed for a vicious assault of a policeman. The assault came amid simmering tensions over Catalonia’s independence drive, with many supporters of Spanish unity alleging they are the target of a "hate campaign" by secessionists. Some separatists, meanwhile, say they have been assaulted by their opponents. Victor Lainez died on Tuesday four days after he was hit on the head with a metal bar outside a bar in the north-eastern city of Zaragoza, the capital of the region of Aragon, which neighbours Catalonia. Lainez, who was wearing suspenders bearing the red and yellow colours of the Spanish flag, got into an argument with the alleged attacker, Rodrigo Lanza, and three other people, a police spokesperson said. Witnesses told local media that Lanza and the three others began yelling at Lainez and calling him a "facha", o...
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