- Title: Flames light up another night of Catalan fury in Barcelona
- Date: 18th October 2019
- Summary: BARCELONA, SPAIN (OCTOBER 18, 2019) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF SMOKE AND FLAMES RISING FROM BURNING BARRICADES WATCHED BY PROTESTERS CLOUDS OF TEAR GAS ENVELOPING PROTESTERS VARIOUS PROTESTERS PUSHING LARGE RUBBISH BINS TOWARDS FIRES PROTESTERS NEAR BURNING BARRICADES PROTESTERS THROWING MISSILES AT SECURITY FORCES TEAR GAS CLOUD/ PROTESTERS VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS PROTECTING THEIR FACES FROM GAS PROTESTERS CLAPPING AND CHANTING NEAR BURNING BARRICADE CLOUD OF TEAR GAS PROTESTERS RIPPING UP PAVING STONES TO USE AS MISSILES MAN IN HELMET PAINTED WITH RED CROSS SPRAYING WATER INTO THE EYES OF A PROTESTER AFFECTED BY TEAR GAS MASKED PROTESTER HOLDING UP A SPENT CARTRIDGE/ CROWD IN FRONT OF BURNING BARRICADE
- Embargoed: 1st November 2019 22:11
- Keywords: Hundreds of protesters battled police Barcelona fiery barricades hurling rocks security forces unrest jailed Catalan separatist leader
- Location: BARCELONA, SPAIN
- City: BARCELONA, SPAIN
- Country: Spain
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Civil Unrest,Editors' Choice
- Reuters ID: LVA001B1MM0XZ
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Hundreds of protesters battled police in the heart of Barcelona on Friday (October 18), setting up fiery barricades and hurling rocks at security forces on the fifth day of unrest following the jailing of Catalan separatist leaders.
The violence came after a day of largely peaceful demonstrations as more than half a million people flooded the streets of the Catalan capital to denounce the lengthy jail terms that have sent a shockwave through Spanish politics.
But as night fell, masked youths blocked a broad boulevard close to the city's police headquarters, setting fire to large garbage bins and throwing a hail of stones, cans and bottles towards massed lines of security forces in full riot gear.
Police responded with repeated volleys of foam bullets, smoke grenades and tear gas, which covered the area in thick, choking smoke.
Officials said there were clashes in at least four other towns and cities in Catalonia, Spain's wealthiest region in the far northeast of the country, as the pro-independence anger showed no sign of abating.
Spain's acting interior minister, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, said 207 police had been injured since Monday, with 107 police vehicles damaged and 800 bins burned.
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