Franco: Melilla enclave removes last statue of fascist dictator on Spanish soil

The last statue of General Francisco Franco on Spanish soil has been removed, after the tiny enclave of Melilla voted to take down its monument to the fascist dictator.

Workers destroyed the brink plinth and carried away the statue, which had stood at the gates of the city on the north-west coast of Africa.

Only the far-right Vox party in Melilla had voted against its removal.

General Franco ruled Spain from 1939 until his death in 1975.

More than 30,000 people were killed in the 1936-39 Spanish Civil War, which saw Franco's Nationalist forces defeat the Republican government.

He then presided over a regime of state terror and national brainwashing through the controlled media and the state education system.