Night of serious riots against the curfew in Santander, Burgos, Valencia, Zaragoza and Barcelona

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The new restrictions throughout the country, beginning with the state of alarm and continuing with the curfews, have had an angry response in several Spanish cities during the night of Friday, at the end of several demonstrations by those who maintain a position. denialist regarding the Covid-19 pandemic.

Five cities experienced especially virulent scenes:

,

,

,

and

.

Containers were burned, premises were raided and objects were thrown at police officers.

The Minister of the Interior,

, has shown his confidence that the protests in the street will not "go further" or "curdle".

The balance of consequences is already, in any case, remarkable: 14 people have been arrested, two of them minors, and 30 people have been injured -20 Mossos d'Esquadra agents, 3 urban guards and seven citizens- in the violent incidents that occurred last night in the center of Barcelona.

In Santander, in whose riots hundreds of people also participated, the balance is eight people arrested and one agent of the National Police wounded.

The Mossos d'Esquadra link the riots, which occurred after a denialist meeting in Plaça Sant Jaume, to the environment of the extreme right.

Three of the protesters were treated by the health services at the scene, and another four had to be referred to medical centers.

In the course of these altercations,

, some very damaged, according to the General Director of the Mossos,

.

This has linked the incidents to groups around the extreme right, which

: "We are not going to tolerate this," he warned.

Ferrer, who has also wanted to differentiate the citizens who yesterday, before the incidents, legitimately demonstrated peacefully to defend their rights from these violent groups.

The general director of the Mossos has explained that there were filters in the Sant Jaume square, where they already detected in the previous demonstration that

, but has admitted that "this level of violence" was not expected. .

In

, there were seven detainees and five police officers injured in a protest against anti-Covid measures.

Among the detainees there is a minor and all the arrests took place after participating in an unauthorized protest against the government's measures in the Plaza del Ayuntamiento in Valencia.

The concentration brought together about 70 people and, according to police sources, some of the participants did not wear a mask or respect the social distance necessary to prevent coronavirus infections.

The events occurred around 9 pm, when a call to 091 alerted the agents that the protest was taking place.

Members of the National Police went to the square, where they found some hooded people, who shouted messages such as "freedom", "you are some dogs" and "we are going to burst you".

One of the participants in the protest approached an agent to allegedly reprimand him.

Agents told the participants that they were in an unreported concentration and that some did not keep safety distances or wear masks.

According to police sources, at that moment some of the assistants began to throw eggs and beer cans at the agents, while threatening and insulting them.

Some participants even pushed and punched the officers.

In addition to Santander, other towns in the Cantabrian community also had incidents against the curfew decreed to stop the spread of the coronavirus, which ended with the eight arrested and a wounded National Police agent already mentioned.

Specifically, those arrested are seven men and one woman, one of whom is a minor, and were arrested for attack, disobedience or damage, according to police sources.

In addition to the wounded agent, who was hit by a bottle -although it is not serious-, more troops suffered damages because the protesters attacked them "very violently" and threw objects such as bottles or stones at them.

The National Police intervened supported by the Local Police, especially in the area of ​​the Santander City Council, where some 150 people participated in the protest.

In

also he held a protest, although in this case ended without incident.

In the Cantabrian capital, cobblestones were raised, causing damage to urban furniture, and containers were burned, crossing them in the center of the road, where there was no circulation of vehicles - beyond the police - due to the curfew.

.

In

the National Police arrested a man "who was trying to burn a trash can" and four other people, while continuing to investigate the events.

According to police sources, some 80 people gathered in the Plaza de España of the city and the burning of containers took place in the streets of San Ignacio de Loyola and Azoque, "although it is being investigated whether the arsons are related to the concentration."

More serious were the riots in

, especially in the

neighborhood

, with violent clashes with the Police, throwing stones and burning more than 100 containers.

As in Barcelona, ​​they occurred just after a rally against the perimeter confinement that began yesterday in Castilla y León, as confirmed by sources from the Government Delegation and the police.

The mayor of Burgos, the socialist

, also confirmed that the riots occurred at the end of a rally called on social media by groups denial of the coronavirus pandemic.

At that time, a part of the congregation cut off traffic on Vitoria Street and began to throw stones and cobblestones, as well as to burn containers and destroy bus shelters, while several National and Local Police patrols tried to contain them.

Daniel de la Rosa, who has condemned the incidents, explained that although the most serious disturbances have occurred in the Gamonal neighborhood,

, such as in the San Pedro and San Felices neighborhoods. and in the downtown area.

The intensity of the riots has forced local and national police officers to retreat at times and de la Rosa has asked the Government Delegation to reinforce the police presence in the city to prevent these riots from happening. reproduce.

For his part, the president of

,

(PP), has called for serenity and responsibility in the city of Burgos.

"I call for serenity and responsibility. The violent episodes that are taking place in Burgos, in addition to being reprehensible, do not help to fight against the common enemy that is the virus. My support for the security forces", has published Fernández Mañueco on his Twitter profile.

The vice president of the Board, Francisco Igea (Cs), also published on Twitter: "What is happening tonight in Burgos brings nothing but pain and destruction. Anger will not get us out of here. All our support and support for the security forces".

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