The 2014 Mauwul Riots (December 11th - December 20th, 2014) began after the murder of a Narsoran Native man, 24-year old Goyathlay Aputsiaq by a gang of Narsoran Spanish men.

Background

On December 11, 2014 24-year old Goyathlay Aputsiaq was beaten to death by a group of four men following an altercation in which the four men (of Narsoran Spanish ethnicity) made racial remarks to Aputsiaq as he was walking by, reported as being "bastardo endogámica marrón" (eng.brown inbred bastard). Aputsiaq then confronted the men and demanded to know what was said, the men continued harassing him then began beating him by (according to witnesses) kicking, punching, stomping on him and slamming his head into the pavement. A mob of angry natives then surrounded the men and beat them to death as well, as bystanders attempted to stop the violence they to were attacked and accused of "Jātyahaṅkāra uṇḍaṭaṁ" (eng. being racist). The rioting and looting of (mostly) spanish owned businesses began. Mauwul is a Narsoran-Native Majority neighborhood of the city of Manzulo.

Rioting

As the rioting and looting began, stores were robbed and fires were set with witnesses reporting any non-native and some natives being assaulted. As police responded they too were attacked and at 2:00 PM riot police were called in. As of the morning of the 12th, 7 people have been arrested, 5 have been killed and 20 have been injured, monetary damage is of now estimated at $400,320 NRD.

On the 13th, President Sandalio Joaquín Espina authorized the deployment of the Special Response Unit Counter-Terrorism force, due to the local police inability to handle the rioting. As of the 15th 33 people have been arrested, 8 have been killed (three were shot by security forces on the 14th.) and 44 have been injured (including four police officers.)

On the 17th Presiedent Espina authorized the deployment of the army when rioting began spilling over into the majority immigrant Berekpe neighborhood. As of the 18th, 11 have been killed, 60 have been injured and 47 have been arrested.

Rioting began subsiding on the 19th, as of then; 13 have been killed, 73 injured, 70 have been arrested and estimates of the damage are up to $2.3 Million.

Aftermath

Rioting was declared offically over on the 20th, and the army began withdrawing on the same day, although Tactical Officers are to remain deployed until the 23rd. Damages from the riot are estimated around $2.4 million (NRD). The riot was the second worst riot in narsoran history after the 2010 Anti-Government Riots.

Gallery

• 

  A sqaud of SRU officers on patrol in the Mauwul neighborhood on the 14th.

• 

  Narsoran MP Officers in the Berekpe neighborhood on the 18th.

• 

  A row of damaged shops on main street in Mauwul.

• 

  Rioters set a barricade of tires on fire, December 16th.