- Title: Protest against separatists' sentencing sets Barcelona streets ablaze
- Date: 17th October 2019
- Summary: BARCELONA, SPAIN (OCTOBER 16, 2019) (REUTERS) POLICE VEHICLES APPROACHING PROTESTERS PROTESTERS CHANTING AT POLICE VEHICLES PROTESTERS STANDING BEFORE POLICE VEHICLES / PROTESTER THROWING A CHAIR AT POLICE VEHICLE RIOT POLICE FIRING RUBBER BULLETS PROTESTER THROWING ITEM POLICE FIRING RUBBER BULLETS PROTESTERS WALKING PAST POLICE WITH ARMS RAISED RIOT POLICE PROTESTERS CLIMBING OVER WALL / POLICE VEHICLES IN BACKGROUND VARIOUS OF RIOT POLICE PROTESTERS MOVING POT PLANTS VARIOUS OF RIOT POLICE FIRING RUBBER BULLETS FIRE FIGHTERS EXTINGUISHING FIRE ON STREET VARIOUS OF RIOT POLICE STANDING NEAR FIRE FIRE BURNING ON STREET / BURNT CAR VARIOUS OF RIOT POLICE STANDING NEAR FIRE / PROTESTERS RUNNING PAST VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS NEAR FIRE VARIOUS OF RIOT POLICE NEAR FIRE PROTESTERS LIFTING GARBAGE BIN ONTO FIRE CLOSE OF RIOT POLICE HELMET RIOT POLICE STANDING NEAR FIRE PEOPLE LOOKING DOWN AT STREET FROM BALCONY VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS LIFTING SKIP ONTO SIDE / FORMING BARRICADE WITH OBJECTS RIOT POLICE FIRING RUBBER BULLETS PROTESTERS MOVING SKIP PROTESTERS CHANTING RIOT POLICE STANDING NEAR FIRE PROTESTERS PUSHING SKIP RIOT POLICE FIRING RUBBER BULLETS PROTESTERS PUSHING SKIP ALONG RIOT POLICE FACING PROTESTERS / PROTESTERS CHANTING VARIOUS OF RIOT POLICE FIRING RUBBER BULLETS PROTESTERS PUSHING GARBAGE BIN RIOT POLICE NEAR FIRE PROTESTERS THROWING STONES VARIOUS OF RIOT POLICE FIRING RUBBER BULLETS / PROTESTERS RUNNING VARIOUS OF RIOT POLICE NEAR FIRE VARIOUS OF PEOPLE BANGING POTS AND PANS FROM BALCONY VARIOUS OF RIOT POLICE APPROACHING POLICE VEHICLES PROTESTERS CHANTING FIRE FIGHTERS EXTINGUISHING FIRE RIOT POLICE HELPING COUPLE CROSS STREET VARIOUS OF RIOT POLICE FIRING RUBBER BULLETS POLICE VEHICLE STOPPING NEAR FIRE RIOT POLICE NEAR FIRE FIRE FIGHTER SPRAYING WATER VARIOUS OF FIRE ON STREET
- Embargoed: 31st October 2019 03:19
- Keywords: Barcelona Spain Catalan separatist leaders protesters riot police streets on fire
- Location: BARCELONA, SPAIN
- City: BARCELONA, SPAIN
- Country: Spain
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Civil Unrest
- Reuters ID: LVA001B1HJHHJ
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Protesters set cars on fire and threw petrol bombs at police in the Spanish city of Barcelona on Wednesday (October 16), intensifying unrest sparked by the sentencing of Catalan separatist leaders who had sought to declare an independent state.
Peaceful demonstration throughout Wednesday deteriorated after nightfall into clashes between police and protesters, prompting regional government leader Quim Torra to demand an immediate return to normality.
Police said Molotov cocktail petrol bombs and acid were thrown at officers. In some places, police charged at protesters and fired foam projectiles, Reuters witnesses said.
Emergency services said 52 people had been treated in the course of the day for injuries sustained in Barcelona and other towns in the region.
Four people were detained without bail on Wednesday for their roles in skirmishes the previous night.
Divisions over a drive to split the northeastern region of Catalonia from Spain roiled the country in 2017, and re-surfaced on Monday when the Supreme Court sentenced nine politicians and activists to up to 13 years in jail.
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