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Calls for action to be taken over illegal camping on Maro beach

Calls for action to be taken over illegal camping on Maro beach

Although free camping is banned the authorities have had to take action several times in recent years to move people on

eugenio cabezas

Friday, 18 August 2017, 12:40

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Three local men claim to have been harassed by a large group of people who were camping illegally on Maro beach. One of them needed hospital treatment for injuries sustained when he was allegedly attacked by one of the campers he refers to as hippies.

The incident occurred in the early hours of Saturday morning, when the men were fishing on La Caleta beach. They say that no sooner had they set up their rods than a group of people began shouting at them, telling them to go away because the beach belonged to them and they lived there all year round.

There were about 40 or 50 of them, of different nationalities, says Luis Jiménez, who is president of La Axarquía Sports Fishing Club in Vélez-Malaga. He says he was injured when one of the men threw a large stone at him, and he was also bitten by a dog.

The mayor, Rosa Arrabal, says she regrets the incident and has ordered the Local Police to take action to clear the illegal campsites from the beach area once again.

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