'Hasel' case: "They want the photo of the 'mosso' burning and they won't stop until they get it"
Madrid: Two arrested for attacking a riot police in a protest in favor of Pablo Hasel
The mayor of Barcelona,
Ada Colau
, explained this Sunday that she plans to meet at the beginning of next week with the acting Catalan vice president,
Pere Aragonès
, and with the
Minister
of the Interior,
Miquel Sàmper
, to assess whether more preventive measures can be taken in the protests in support of
Pablo Hasel
.
The reason is that, after two nights without disturbances, on Saturday night the violence returned to the streets of
Barcelona
.
The rioters once again ravaged the city center under the pretext of arresting the rapper, causing serious altercations, including
the attack on the Guàrdia Urbana de la Rambla police station
and several banks and hotels.
The most notable incident occurred when a group of hooded men set fire to a local Barcelona police van, throwing Molotov cocktails at it while an agent was inside.
A group of vandals made an effort to
feed the fire
, which was already spreading through the police vehicle,
with flammable liquid
, and another tried to break inside to attack the urban man who was behind the wheel, as reported here by
Víctor Mondelo
.
Fortunately, the agent was able to get out on the other side of the vehicle, where there were no flames.
Colau has traveled this Sunday to the Rambla police station, together with the Deputy Mayor for Security,
Albert Batlle
, and the head of the Urban Guard,
Pedro Velázquez
, where they have met as commanders of this police station.
In statements to the media after the visit, the mayor has reported that she
has held talks with Aragonès and Sàmper to hold a "specific" meeting at the beginning of next week
, to study whether more prevention measures can be taken, after almost two weeks of riots.
It is, said Colau, to listen to the explanations and assessments of security and public order professionals, in order to "contain this situation" with a "worrying violence":
"After the most serious events of yesterday, it is pertinent that there be an operational meeting" and address the problem with "serenity", has defended the mayor.
Colau also wanted to value the "great institutional unity" with a "resounding condemnation" of the serious incidents of last night in Barcelona: "Yesterday I received calls from Sàmper, (Mertixell) Budó and Aragonès showing their support for the Urban Guard and offering themselves to collaborate in whatever is necessary ", thanked the mayor.
He explained that the agent who was inside the van when it was set on fire "is perfectly fine", and that the situation could be contained "quickly" thanks to the joint action of the Urbana agents and those of the
Mossos d ' Esquadra
, thus avoiding having to regret "greater evils" by endangering the life of an agent.
He stressed, however, that when there is a use of flammable liquids with "intentional violence", people can be harmed, as in the attack on the Urban Guard van:
"This is unacceptable, unacceptable and immoral ", Colau remarked
.
After expressing his "most absolute rejection and the strongest and most emphatic condemnation" of violent acts such as those experienced in recent days in the Catalan capital, Colau has warned that "violence is not the way, it is never justified, it does not build nothing, destroy ".
In this sense, the mayor has made a call to respect the basic rules of coexistence and reject "all kinds of violence."
Police outrage
National, regional and local police unions, as well as associations of civil guards, have shown their condemnation, rejection and outrage this Sunday with the repeated violent acts registered in Barcelona.
Police organizations have reiterated this Sunday their support for both the Mossos d'Esquadra - which arrested one of those allegedly responsible for the burning of the vehicle - and the Urban Guard. Thus, from its Twitter accounts the
Unified Police Union
(SUP ) has indicated that these demonstrations that claim to vindicate freedom of expression are "outright vandalism."
"Taking advantage of the imprisonment of #PabloHasel to destroy cities is a clumsy excuse and without arguments", has denounced the SUP, in line with the
Unified Association of Civil Guards
(AUGC) that, after expressing support for all the police in Catalonia, has also condemned in social networks "the pure attacks and assaults on the police." "You are not alone, count on our support," they highlight from
ErNE
, the Ertzaintza union to show their support for the troops in Catalonia, "for the attacks that they are suffering".
What's more, the union of local police officers
Sapol has announced that it will appear as an accusation against the group responsible for burning the Urban Guard van
on Saturday night. "While the politicians are hiding, we will do what is necessary so that everything the weight of justice falls on those responsible, "the union said in a
tweet
this Sunday.
Illa calls for forcefulness against violence
The PSC candidate to preside over the Generalitat,
Salvador Illa
, has demanded this Sunday the end of the violence that is being experienced in Barcelona and other Catalan populations and has warned that "we run the risk of it escaping from our hands if we do not we acted with due forcefulness. "
In statements to journalists, the former minister has also denounced that "the lukewarmness with which some political formations respond not only does not help, but also contributes to embedding" the problem, for which he has urged all parties to condemn "explicitly "violent acts.
"This has to end. We cannot continue like this, with this escalation of violence. We run the risk of it getting out of hand if we do not act with due forcefulness," he stressed.
Illa has once again condemned "resounding and seamless" the violence that has been going on for more than 10 days, as a result of the protests over the imprisonment of rapper Pablo Hasel, and has warned that we are attending "a escalation "of this type of act.
At the same time, he has transferred his "explicit" support to the security forces, and especially to the Mossos d'Esquadra and the Barcelona Urban Guard, to whom he has thanked "their professionalism".
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