People attend a gathering to protest against the death of a street hawker in central Madrid, Spain March 16, 2018. REUTERS/Sergio Perez
MADRID (Reuters) - Hundreds of people held a peaceful protest in central Madrid on Friday to demand better police treatment of street vendors, a day after the death of a Senegalese man sparked clashes with riot police.
On Thursday, 35-year-old Sengal street vendor Mame Mbaye Ndiaye suffered a heart attack in the street while walking away from police. That evening protesters threw stones and set dustbins alight in Madrid's Lavapies neighbourhood, home to many migrant communities and near to where Ndiaye died.
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