Arrests in Barcelona after 'anti-system' rioters loot shops, set fires
- Catalan police arrested at least 100 individuals in central Barcelona following widespread looting and violent clashes during an anti-establishment rally near the Plaça de Catalunya.
- Hooded demonstrators targeted at least 14 commercial storefronts, breaking into retail outlets and forcing major department stores like El Corte Inglés to lower emergency shutters to protect shoppers inside.
- Emergency services responded to more than 30 street fires as rioters set ablaze barricades, trash containers, and public infrastructure across tourist and commercial districts.
- Catalan Interior Minister Núria Parlon confirmed the arrests, noting that approximately 25% of those taken into custody by law enforcement were minors linked to youth-led "against the system" social media mobilizations.
- Municipal authorities and business associations condemned the violence, calling for increased security measures to prevent further civil unrest from disrupting the city center.
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On Saturday, October 24, Barcelona city centre experienced a night of looting, barricades and fires. The arrested are 128, over half underage, after a call on social media and without identified organizers. 35 days after the general elections on November 29, the episode has already changed the tone of the campaign: the right invokes the order [...] L'articolo Plundered stores and mass arrests: the protest in Barcelona ignites the right in Spain.…
Diario de Cádiz
We try to separate the events of France from those of Barcelona with a progressive scalpel. Of course they have different beginnings. In one case the legitimate demonstrations against the deterioration of public education, to which added the scarcity, lack of opportunities or marginalization of the peripheries. But it resulted in the burning of high schools and government buildings and the looting of luxury shops and electronic devices. The youn…
About 500 young people responded to this appeal and 130 were arrested following the disturbances, destruction of urban furniture, confrontation with the police and the plundering of close to 30 shops
Exploding rents and lack of prospects drive Europe's youth onto the streets. In Barcelona, rioters use the situation for looting.
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