Arrests in Barcelona After ‘Anti-System’ Rioters Loot Shops, Set Fires
Police said 25% of those arrested were minors after hooded demonstrators looted shops, set fires and damaged street furniture during the protest.
- 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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Gathering at Catalonia Square, some demonstrators loot shops, set fires, and throw stones and bottles at security personnel
100 arrested in Barcelona after 'anti-system' rioters loot shops, set fires
A total of 100 people were arrested in Barcelona on Saturday evening after hooded demonstrators who participated in an anti-establishment rally looted shops and set fire to street furniture around the city's central Plaza de Catalunya.
This Saturday, the center of Barcelona has become a battlefield. More than five hundred young people, mostly hooded and dressed
Hundred arrested in Barcelona as youth-led 'anti-system' riots leave trail of fires, looted shops
More than 30 fires were set, and 14 stores were vandalized. Núria Parlon, the interior minister for the Spanish region of Catalonia, said that around 25% of those arrested were minors.
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Mayor Jaume Collboni said that more than 600 young people participated in the riots and promised to pursue the legal guardians of the minors involved.The assaults on the police and the burning of containers occurred meters from a camp for the house installed in Plaza Cataluña.
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