![]() ![]() ![]() At least 35 people were treated for injuries and there were 10 arrests. Police struggled to control the situation, firing rubber bullets, teargas and later in the night, a water cannon was deployed against demonstrators for first time since it was bought from Israel in 1994.ĭemonstrators dispersed into the adjoining streets where they set up barricades and fought cat-and-mouse battles with the police. Thousands gathered in the surrounding streets chanting: “The streets will always be ours!”įour hours after the first skirmishes, Via Laietana was a battleground strewn with rubble. Black smoke rose 10 metres above the city as protesters set fire to rubbish bins and a newspaper kiosk. ![]()
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