Barcelona – Protesters smashed bank and storefront windows with hammers and rocks and set fire to a cafe Thursday as economic protests in Spain’s second-largest city turned violent.
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The riots in Barcelona broke out during a nationwide general strike that closed factories, slowed transportation systems and crippled hospitals. Tens of thousands of people marched in Madrid and other cities protesting an economic plan of spending cuts and tax hikes.
Demonstrators ran past burning trash bins on the street. Some kicked in store windows and hurled stones at riot police.
Authorities arrested 176 protesters across Spain and said 104 people were injured in clashes, including 58 police officers. There were no immediate reports of serious injuries.
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Baruch Shelo asani…
Is this the new style rioting all over the world?
Will this type of behavior come to the US?
Don’t you just love the mindset that uses a bad economy and no money to justify destroying property and thus people’s money?
Ok, so they want jobs. Great. Give them UNPAID jobs repairing the damage they caused!
Shame. Barcelona is usually very peaceful, and a beautiful town. Indeed, it may be my favorite city in the whole world. I suppose no place is safe from thugs, malcontents and freeloaders (in our country they are collectively identified as Democrats).
Wonder who they’ll blame now that Jews have been gone for hundreds of years. Oh, yeah, there’s always Israel!