Far-right demonstration in Madrid with Nazi salutes, tensions with housing activists

Hate was at the heart of a demonstration on Saturday evening in the Spanish capital. Giving the Nazi salute, dozens of members of far-right groups gathered in central Madrid.

Police deployed in force

Some participants tried to reach the square where housing rights activists are camped. Faced with the threat of clashes, police were deployed in force to keep the two groups separated.

Police officers pursued far-right activists who were trying to reach the Puerta del Sol encampment, set up in this central intersection of Madrid for a week to demand solutions to the housing crisis in Spain, according to a video from the daily El País.

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Tens of thousands of people marched earlier the same day in Madrid and other cities across the country to demand action against the housing crisis, after Parliament rejected the plan from Pedro Sánchez's left-wing government on Friday.