Demonstration for 1-O ends with altercations and burning containers in Barcelona

The demonstration for the ninth anniversary of the illegal 1-O referendum has ended with several altercations involving groups of hooded young people who have burned several containers in Plaza Urquinaona and adjacent streets after protesting and participating in several moments of tension in front of the Via Laietana Police Headquarters.

At the end of the called demonstration, which had passed peacefully, several small groups threw firecrackers, eggs and smoke canisters at the agents deployed to protect the headquarters of the National Police in Barcelona, ​​located at number 43 Via Laietana. Here, the Mossos have had to make several acoustic warnings to disperse them.

Then, around 8:35 p.m., they moved towards Urquinaona (about 5-10 minutes on foot) and this Thursday night they burned six containers in various points of the square and Ronda Sant Pere and on Pau Claris and Casp streets, the two adjacent roads.

As reported by the Mossos d'Esquadra in a statement, it was around 8:35 p.m., when a group of people began to move containers to the center of the road and burn them at various points and intersections of these streets, as well as to throw objects at the police line. The Catalan force points out that a police intervention has been carried out, although "no defense has been used" to disperse the protesters who were causing altercations, and thus facilitate access for the Firefighters to put out the fire.

The Mossos have explained that once this group of people has dispersed, the burned containers have been extinguished. After this, they assure that the area with cleaning services has been normalized.