"Situation is under control", says Spain's acting Interior Minister about Catalonia
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1437782
"Situation is under control", says Spain's acting Interior Minister about Catalonia
- Title: "Situation is under control", says Spain's acting Interior Minister about Catalonia
- Date: 19th October 2019
- Summary: BARCELONA, SPAIN (OCTOBER 19, 2019) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF SPAIN'S INTERIOR MINISTER FERNANDO GRANDE-MARLASKA ARRIVING TO NEWS CONFERENCE (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) SPAIN'S INTERIOR MINISTER, FERNANDO GRANDE-MARLASKA, SAYING: "In every democratic state, security forces act proportionally upon violent incidents, facing indiscriminate attacks with obvious risk to their physical integrity." GRANDE-MARLASKA DURING NEWS CONFERENCE (SOUNDBITE) (English) SPAIN'S INTERIOR MINISTER, FERNANDO GRANDE-MARLASKA, SAYING: "I have to say that the situation is under control. The state, the law enforcement agency are working 24 hours per day so I have to say that the violence is very aggressive, it's hard, but we are working against that kind of violence. We are working correctly well." GRANDE-MARLASKA DURING PRESS CONFERENCE (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) SPAIN'S INTERIOR MINISTER, FERNANDO GRANDE-MARLASKA, SAYING: "What president Torra must urgently do is to gather and converge all Catalans, because what there is here is a coexistence problem in Catalonia. He must me conscious about he is the president of all Catalans, and what he must do is to sit with all of them and re-establish coexistence. About President Sanchez, he has always said law and dialogue, constitution, law and dialogue." GRANDE-MARLASKA LEAVING PRESS CONFERENCE VARIOUS OF GRANDE-MARLASKA AT HOSPITAL VISITING WOUNDED POLICE OFFICERS
- Embargoed: 2nd November 2019 13:20
- Keywords: Marlaska Spain catalan protests catalan separatists pro-independence Catalonia riot police Interior Minister violent protesters
- Location: BARCELONA, SPAIN
- City: BARCELONA, SPAIN
- Country: Spain
- Topics: Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA001B1RINUV
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- Story Text: Spain's acting interior minister, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, said on Saturday (October 19) that the situation in Catalonia is under control, following the worst night of disturbances in decades on Friday (October 18) in Barcelona.
The Interior Minister, who visited injured police in hospital, said that security forces were dealing with the clashes in an appropriate manner.
Grande-Marlaska blamed Catalan separatists for the violence as masked youths blocked roads with blazing garbage bins and hurled rocks at security forces on Friday, who responded by firing repeated rounds of smoke grenades and tear gas.
Catalonia is a semi-autonomous region with some 7.5 million inhabitants who have their own language, parliament and flag. It is Spain's wealthiest region and Barcelona is the country's second largest city, drawing millions of tourists each year.
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