On Tuesday the second consecutive night of and clashes with the police motivated by the eviction of a local magnet and other people has lived on Tuesday. Around 8 pm, a hundred people – many of them, hooded – have taken to the streets to protest the police action on Monday afternoon, which prevented the occupation of a floor by three people; Among them, one of the magnets that operates in Salt. They have arrested two people.
The protest has had as a stage on this occasion the Plaza of the City of Salt, a municipality of almost 40,000 inhabitants. Incidents have begun when some of the young people have begun to launch increasingly forceful objects against the agents that protected the town hall. To the area, reinforcements of public order agents (Arro) have been displaced, which the pitchers have used to disperse the protesters. According to various videos recorded by the neighbors, young people have tried to mount some barricades and there has also been the burning of some container.
Last Friday, the magnet and his family (nine children) were evicted by court order of the floor in which they lived. The bank that owns the property installed a door, cameras and an alarm. On Monday, however, the magnet returned to the house accompanied by two other men and tried to occupy the house, at the Passeig dels Països Catalans. But the alarm jumped and the Mossos d’Esquadra went to the place and, according to different sources, carried out an express eviction.
Shortly after, there was a concentration of a hundred people, many of them from the religious community of the magnet, of sub -Saharan origin. Some of them threw stones and eggs against the agents. The situation calmed down and there were no injuries or arrests. This Tuesday, however, incidents have been of greater intensity. By 22.30, the concentration has begun to disperse.
The City of Salt has condemned repeated evictions in floors owned by the vulture funds or banking entities, such as the magnet. The owner has not attended the request to pay the social rent or to postpone the planned launch, according to the Consistory. Social services were aware of the case, but indicate that the magnet’s family did not meet the criteria for accessing the emergency table. According to sources close to the case, the family has been the property for five years without paying the fee. The Consistory has also condemned the riots on Tuesday.
