Arrests in Barcelona After ‘Anti-System’ Rioters Loot Shops, Set Fires
- On Saturday, October 24, 100 people were arrested in Barcelona after an anti-establishment rally turned violent, with hooded demonstrators looting shops and setting fires around Plaza de Catalunya.
- Organised through social media under the slogan 'Institut Indignats', the rally was inspired by France's 'Lyceés Indignés' student movement as participants protested 'against the system'.
- More than 30 fires were set and 14 stores vandalised or looted, prompting the Mossos and Urbana to deploy more than ten police units as businesses including El Corte Ingles were affected.
- Barcelona Mayor Jaume Collboni said acts of vandalism 'will not go unpunished', while Catalonia interior minister Parlon noted around 25% of those arrested were minors.
- The gathering joins a wave of European protests over living costs and housing, though organisers of a nearby peaceful encampment in Plaza de Catalunya distanced themselves from the violence.
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More than a hundred people have been detained.
More than a hundred young people were arrested during a protest in the center of Barcelona. They looted shops, started fires, and threw stones at the police. According to Spanish media, slightly more than half of the arrestees are minors. The unrest continued deep into the night.
128 people, including 73 minors, were arrested in Barcelona during the night of Saturday to Sunday, especially for acts of "vandalism".
In Barcelona, 128 People Were Arrested for Damage and Looting in the Night After an Undeclared Rally
128 people were arrested during the night of Saturday to Sunday in Barcelona after the looting of shops. The police denounce "free violence", and the politicians unanimously condemn these acts, as they approach the legislative process.Some 28 people, including minors, were arrested in Barcelona during the night of Saturday to Sunday for the degradation and looting of some 20 shops, facts referring, on a lesser scale, to the incidents around the …
Police arrested 128 people overnight in Barcelona for "vandalism", destruction of public property and "looting", the Catalan regional police said on Sunday.
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