Arrests in Barcelona After ‘Anti-System’ Rioters Loot Shops, Set Fires
Police said 100 people were arrested after hooded demonstrators looted shops, set more than 30 fires and vandalized 14 stores.
- 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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About 100 people were arrested in Barcelona, Spain, on Saturday night (24), after hooded protesters looted shops and set fire to urban furniture on the outskirts of Plaza de Catalunya, in the center of the city. The participants had met in an act against the political and economic system. ^ Follow the international news channel of the g1 in WhatsApp Núria Parlon, Minister of the Interior of Catalonia, region where Barcelona is located, said that…
Barcelona, 24 Oct (EFE).- A concentration of about 600 young people in the center of Barcelona, convened by social networks, has this afternoon resulted in looting in 14 shops, barricades, burning of urban furniture and clashes with Mossos, who have arrested a hundred people, a quarter of them minors.The protest, no [...] The entrance A hundred detainees on an afternoon of riots in a youth protest in Barcelona was first published in HolaNews.
Arrests in Barcelona after 'anti-system' rioters loot shops, set fires
French-Style Unrest Spreads to Spain as Youths Riot and Loot in Barcelona
Riots and looting spread to Barcelona, Spain, on Saturday evening as local youths sought to imitate the unrest seen in France and other European nations in recent weeks, apparently motivated by little more than a desire to cause destruction and loot stores.
Similar to what happened in France, there was a confrontation between the authorities and the young people, some of whom tried to plunder shops in the city centre.
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