Spain: 15 detained in altercations during new protest against amnesty for independence activists in Madrid

Protests against an amnesty for Catalan independence activists to support the socialist’s investiture Pedro Sanches as president of the Spanish Government ended another night with radical altercations with the police in Madridwith a balance of 15 inmates.

The Police arrested the fifteen radicals for the incidents caused during a demonstration this Thursday in front of the headquarters of the PSOE in Madridwhich ended with attacks by ultras on agents and accusations by riot police.

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On the seventh day of protests and after learning of the agreement between the PSOE and the Catalan independence party Together for the investiture of Pedro Sanchesthe demonstration was the largest of those held so far, with around 8 thousand participants, according to the Government Delegation in Madrid.

The protest proceeded normally and without incident during the first hours until, at the end, the radicals occupied the front rows and began throwing fireworks and shaking the police protection fences.

The tension increased until riot police from the Spanish National Police attacked the ultras who threw objects, bottles, containers and fireworks at them.

The accusation took place on the street Marquis of Urquijonear the socialist headquarters and for almost an hour the incidents occurred in the surrounding areas, with terraces destroyed and small fires, some involving containers, in the middle of the road.

Police sources indicated that the provisional balance is 15 detainees, while health services did not have to treat the injured on this occasion.

Little by little, the atmosphere calmed down until there was only a small group left holding a demonstration on Marques de Urquijo street, which also ended up dissolving.

The one in Madrid was the largest of the demonstrations that took place this Thursday in various locations in Spain.

The president of Vox attended, Santiago Abascalwho insisted that “you have to stay on the street until the scam stops” by Pedro Sánchez.

For those concentrated on the street Ferraz Hundreds of people gathered in front of the socialist headquarters after another call at the socialist headquarters European Parliament in Madrid, in which 1,500 people participated, according to official sources.

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The protesters once again chanted slogans against the acting president of the Government and the former president of the Generalitat of Catalonia, Carles Puigdemontamong which were those of “Puigdemont and Sánchez, to prison“,”socialist who doesn’t jump“,”terrorist journalists“, any “We want to burn Ferraz’s headquarters”.

Since last weekend, a rally has been held every night in front of the socialist headquarters, where incidents were recorded last Tuesday in which six were arrested and almost forty were injured, most of them police officers.

The support of Catalan independence supporters is essential for Sánchez to be able to govern for another four years, without a date yet being set for the vote on his investiture, although this is scheduled for next week, and for which he also has the support of others left-wing groups and Basque and Galician nationalists.

Source: Elcomercio

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