Police and protesters clash in Barcelona as tens of thousands take to the streets

Record ID: 1436785

  • Title: Police and protesters clash in Barcelona as tens of thousands take to the streets
  • Date: 15th October 2019
  • Summary: BARCELONA, SPAIN (OCTOBER 15, 2019) (REUTERS) FLAMES ON STREET, MOTORCYCLE RACING PAST AND PROTESTERS AND JOURNALISTS IN THE VICINITY PROTESTER TAKING RUBBISH CONTAINER AND THROWING IT INTO THE FIRE ON THE ROAD SPARKS COMING OUT OF FIRE BURNING ON THE ROAD RIOT POLICE CHARGING AND HITTING PROTESTERS WITH THEIR BATONS POLICE FIRING BLANKS INTO THE AIR AS LINE OF RIOT POLICE ADVANCES IN FRONT OF HIM POLICE CHARGING AND USING THEIR BATONS TO HIT AND PUSH BACK PROTESTERS POLICE HITTING A PROTESTER WITH BATON PROTESTERS USING THEIR PHONES TO FILM FIRE, FLAME RISING IN THE BACKGROUND VARIOUS OF RIOT POLICE STANDING BY WITH SHIELDS POLICE LINE AND PROTESTERS LINE OF RIOT POLICE WALKING BACKWARDS PAST A BURNING RUBBISH CONTAINERS FIRE AND PROTESTERS THROWING OBJECTS IN DIRECTION OF POLICE PROTESTER PUTTING PLASTIC RUBBISH CONTAINER IN FIRE ON ROAD PROTESTER TRYING TO PICK UP BARRIER AND POLICE RUNNING AFTER HIM PROTESTER BURNING PIECE OF CARDBOARD RIOT POLICE LINE RIOT POLICE ADVANCING PAST FIRE
  • Embargoed: 29th October 2019 19:53
  • Keywords: jailing of separatist leaders Spain Catalan separatist leaders clashes in Barcelona independecnce conviction Catalonia riot police clashes protest
  • Location: BARCELONA, SPAIN
  • City: BARCELONA, SPAIN
  • Country: Spain
  • Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Civil Unrest
  • Reuters ID: LVA001B17KCP3
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:EDITORS NOTE: LIVEU QUALITY, BROADCAST QUALITY EDIT TO FOLLOW
    Catalan pro-independence demonstrators clashed with riot police in the centre of Barcelona on Tuesday (October 15) in a second day of protests over Monday's (October 14) jailing of nine separatists by the Supreme Court over their role in a failed secession bid.
    Police charged on protesters when they tried to kick down security fences around Spanish government buildings in the region and hurled cans and flares at the police. Some were seen tackled to the ground.
    Large fires filled central streets of the Catalan capital with smoke after protesters knocked over rubbish containers, setting the contents alight.
    Barcelona's urban police estimated 40,000 people joined the demonstration, Spanish broadcast TVE reported.
    (Production: Marco Trujillo, Miguel Pereira, Silvio Castellanos, Catherine Macdonald)
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