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The Mossos Admit that the Police Presence Failed to Deter the Riots

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"It didn't take us by surprise, the facts deny it." With these words, the director general of the police, Ferran López, has denied that the Mossos d'Esquadra did not expect the riots on Saturday in Barcelona. The demonstration had a level 2 out of 3 and, as this newspaper has already explained, they made 300 identifications of young people before the call and also removed hammers, pyrotechnics, sprays, stones and balaclavas. There had already be…

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The former mayor of Santa Coloma points to Saturday, October 31, as the possible date on which new incidents can occur in the Catalan capital More: Ferran López, director of the Mossos, admits errors in the violent altercations in Barcelona: "We do not deal with the degree of violence"

·Spain
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Lean Left

Interior previews a new violent scenario this Saturday and promises more means of the Mossos d'Esquadra

·Barcelona, Spain
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Center

"It didn't take us by surprise, the facts deny it." With these words, the director general of the police, Ferran López, has denied that the Mossos d'Esquadra did not expect the riots on Saturday in Barcelona. The demonstration had a level 2 out of 3 and, as this newspaper has already explained, they made 300 identifications of young people before the call and also removed hammers, pyrotechnics, sprays, stones and balaclavas. There had already be…

Center

Parlon appeals to families, while admitting concern about the October 31 call

Lean Left

The Interior Councillor combats the xenophobia that Vox and Aliança Catalana launch in the wake of the riots: "We don't have to sit anyone on the bench because of their skin color" A report detects strategies of "capture and coordination" behind the calls for looting The chief commissioner of the Mossos d'Esquadra, Sílvia Catà, has admitted the "concern" of the body before the call of Blocus this Saturday in Barcelona after the unpublished alter…

·Madrid, Spain
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The Interior Councillor of the Generalitat, Núria Parlon, says that the Catalan capital lived a "new phenomenon" of violence on the night of October 24th.

·Madrid, Spain
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La Razón broke the news in Madrid, Spain on Wednesday, October 28, 2026.
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