Riots at Barcelona's airport as Supreme Court convicts Catalan separatist leaders

Record ID: 1436690

  • Title: Riots at Barcelona's airport as Supreme Court convicts Catalan separatist leaders
  • Date: 14th October 2019
  • Summary: BARCELONA, SPAIN (OCTOBER 14, 2019) (REUTERS) ***WARNING: CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** PROTESTER SPRAYING EXTINGUISHER IN DIRECTION OF POLICE AT BARCELONA AIRPORT PARKING AREA VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS RAISING THEIR ARMS UP IN THE AIR VARIOUS OF PROTEST IN PROGRESS PROTESTERS SHOUTING POLICE LINE PROTESTERS RUNNING AS THEY ARE CHASED BY RIOT POLICE VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS SHOUTING IN FRONT OF SPANISH RIOT POLICE PROTESTER SPRAYING EXTINGUISHER AT POLICE PROTEST IN PROGRESS PROTESTERS SHOUTING TO POLICE PROTESTER RUNNING WITH A PRO-INDEPENDENCE "ESTELADA" FLAG PROTESTERS RUNNING, CHASED BY RIOT POLICE RIOT POLICE PUSHING PROTESTERS PROTESTER GRABBING HIS HEAD VARIOUS OF EMERGENCY SERVICE STAFF ATTENDING PROTESTER PROTEST IN PROGRESS VARIOUS OF CATALAN RIOT POLICE RUNNING VARIOUS OF PROTESTER SPRAYING WATER AT SPANISH RIOT POLICE MAN TRYING TO UNSCREW GUARDRAIL TRAFFIC BLOCKED MAN TRYING TO UNSCREW GUARDRAIL MOTORBIKES TURNING AROUND TO AVOID BLOCKAGE CARS TURNING AROUND TO AVOID BLOCKAGE PEOPLE WALKING ON ROAD DRAGGING SUITCASES AMBULANCE CROSSING THE ROAD PEOPLE WALKING ON ROAD DRAGGING SUITCASES PEOPLE DRAGGING GUARDRAILS MAN RIDING A BIKE WITH AN INFLATABLE YELLOW RIBBON ON HIS BACK MAN PUSHING TROLLEY VARIOUS OF POLICE AT BLOCKED ROAD CATALAN POLICE VANS PASSING BY TRAFFIC VARIOUS OF PEOPLE DRAGGING SUITCASE ON ROAD IN TRAFFIC JAM PROTESTERS WALKING DOWN THE ROAD POLICE CAR ELECTRIC BOARD READING "BARCELONA" TRAFFIC MAN HITCH-HIKING
  • Embargoed: 28th October 2019 20:54
  • Keywords: Supreme Court ruling Catalan separatist leaders sedition protest Catalan separatists Catalonia Spain
  • Location: BARCELONA, SPAIN
  • City: BARCELONA, SPAIN
  • Country: Spain
  • Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Civil Unrest
  • Reuters ID: LVA001B12LBNR
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:Barcelona's airport became a focal point of protests on Monday (October 14) after Spain's Supreme Court jailed nine Catalan separatist leaders for between nine and 13 years for their role in a failed independence bid.
    Thousands of protesters angry over the decision rallied at El Prat's entrance and others blocked roads leading to the airport.
    Riot police charged at the crowd on several occasions using batons and firing foam balls to prevent the risk of a forced mass entry, police said.
    The airport chaos saw over 100 flights cancelled and others delayed, while protesters in the separatist stronghold of Girona burned tyres on the train tracks, shutting the high-speed connection between Barcelona and France.
    Regional railways and roads were blocked at several places in the northeastern region.
    (Production: Guillermo Martinez, Josefina Arista, Marco Trujillo, Luis Felipe Fernandez, Catherine Macdonald. Silvio Castellanos)
  • Copyright Holder: REUTERS
  • Copyright Notice: (c) Copyright Thomson Reuters 2019. Open For Restrictions - http://about.reuters.com/fulllegal.asp
  • Usage Terms/Restrictions: None
Register