Illa warns that the Mossos are “prepared” to act tonight against possible looting

Given the calls from the Blocus movement to provoke acts of vandalism and looting in businesses coinciding with Halloween night, the president of the Generalitat, Salvador Illa, has warned that the Mossos "are prepared" to stop possible altercations.

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The risk of looting like those that happened a week ago in the center of Barcelona keeps the security forces on alert. In this sense, the Mossos have detected a dozen Blocus calls in Catalonia, three of them in the Catalan capital.

On this occasion, the calls encouraging the altercations coincide with the celebration of Halloween and the popular Castañada, which Illa recalled “is for everyone” and “is celebrated in the street.”

The altercations on October 24, when half a thousand young people set fires and robbed businesses, resulted in 130 arrests. In order to prevent a similar situation from happening again this Saturday, those responsible for the Department of the Interior and Barcelona City Council have asked families to keep an eye on their children, know their plans for the weekend and prevent them from participating in the riots.

The police have given the concentrations planned for today risk level 4, the maximum. However, it is expected that the preventive actions that have been adopted throughout the week will scare away possible participants in future altercations promoted through social networks.

Without going any further, the security forces have arrested 10 young people in different places in Spain for encouraging looting. In Catalonia, the Mossos d'Esquadra have arrested three people, a minor under 17 years old and two young people under 18, for spreading and encouraging riots.