The chief commissioner of the Mossos sees the dynamics of the riots that occurred in Barcelona as "quite inexplicable"

The chief commissioner of the Mossos d'Esquadra, Silvia Catà, has stated that the dynamics of the riots on Saturday, October 24, in the afternoon around Plaza de Catalunya in Barcelona is "quite inexplicable", and has said that it was not a normal demonstration but rather calls on social networks to commit illegal acts.

In an interview on Catalunya Ràdio this Sunday, he highlighted that these calls (which have left at least 128 detainees, 72 of them minors) have been followed mainly by young people, many of them minors, and he added that there are detainees as young as 14 years old.

Catà has detailed that the call was spread through profiles under the 'Blocus' label, mostly through TikTok, which is why he noted that they are working and "monitoring to find out who is behind this network."

He explained that this call was intended to "reflect on the group in France" and copy the altercations that have been seen in recent weeks in this country.

"They are not groups of young people or people willing to demonstrate to demand some right. They are people who gather in small groups of very few people who commit acts of vandalism," he summarized, and highlighted that they are totally disorganized people.

Situations of "violence"

He said that they did not expect this "violence from a disorganized group" and has warned that a call of this type cannot be allowed to be repeated because, he says, social rights and demands cannot be confused with criminal acts.