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MADRID, Oct 19 (APP/AFP): Dozens of migrants held in a detention centre in Madrid have rioted, climbing on the building’s roof and breaking furniture, a spokesperson for the city’s mayor said. “We don’t know the exact number, 30 or 40. They climbed onto the roof and the police are there attempting to negotiate,” the spokesperson for Madrid mayor Manuela Carmena said Tuesday, adding that no-one had been injured. In the early hours of Wednesday morning the migrants had gathered outside the centre shouting “freedom, freedom”, while about 15 were sat on the roof in light rain, an AFP reporter said. Some of the migrants blocked security cameras inside the building and broke furniture to make their way to the roof, Spanish daily El Pais reported. Carmena said she was ready to attempt a mediation if requested by the district authorities.