Spanish police clear remaining housing protesters from Madrid encampment
City authorities said 334 people were removed and two were arrested as police ended the encampment after more than a month.
- On Tuesday, Nov 3, police dismantled a protest camp in Madrid's Puerta del Sol, ending an encampment that had occupied the square for over a month, according to AFP.
- The encampment began on Sept 26 after an 87-year-old woman was evicted from her home, sparking protests against Spain's housing crisis.
- Officials reported 334 people were removed and 2 arrested during the overnight operation, which involved 220 national police officers and 180 municipal officers.
- Activists on Telegram described the event as "a violent police operation" leaving several injured, while city sources defended it as "an operation that made it possible to carry out the evacuation."
- Tens of thousands of demonstrators have held nationwide protests against runaway housing costs and a lack of tenant protections, following the tent city's emergence.
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The Spanish security guards dismantled the tented town of protestors against the housing crisis in Madrid 37 days after its arrival. This was reported by the representative of the Sindicato de Inquilinas Housing Tenants Union. He said that more than 330 people had been evicted from the square. Police, fire and social services took part in the operation. Two people were detained for disobedience and resistance to the authorities, handed over to R…
Spanish police clear remaining housing protesters from Madrid encampment
Spanish police removed remaining protesters and tents from Madrid's main square early on Tuesday, officials said, after most of the people demonstrating against soaring rents, home shortages and evictions had already left voluntarily.
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vienna.atThe central square Puerta del Sol was closed off on Tuesday morning for clean-up work.
334 people removed from site, 2 arrested on charges of disobedience
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Police on Tuesday dismantled a sprawling tent camp in Madrid which had spearheaded protests over Spain’s housing crisis for more than a month and prompted early elections, police and activists said. Officers closed off much of the Spanish capital’s emblematic Puerta del Sol square on Tuesday morning as municipal cleaning staff swept away remaining debris, tents and tarpaulin. The Madrid camp sprang up in September, after Spain’s chronic housing …
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