Clashes erupt in Valencia at the end of mass protest calling for the resignation of regional leader

(9 Nov 2024)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Valencia, Spain – 9 November 2024
1. Protesters removing metal barriers
2. Police in line in front of protesters
3. Various of police running and walking with shields
4. Protester on the ground being handcuffed
5. Various of protesters clashing with police
6. Policeman with mud all over his uniform
7. Collapsed barriers
8. Police removing collapsed barriers
9. Writing on wall reading (Spanish) ‘The government has killed us’, pan to police vans
10. Police, vans and sirens blaring

STORYLINE:
A small group of protesters clashed with riot police in front of Valencia’s city hall on Saturday evening, following a peaceful march earlier that saw tens of thousands of Spaniards calling for the resignation of the regional president in charge of the emergency response to last week’s catastrophic floods.

The floods left more than 200 dead and others missing.

Police used batons to beat the protesters back.
Footage showed a protester on the ground, being handcuffed by police.

Regional leader Carlos Mazón is under immense pressure after his administration failed to issue flood alerts to citizens’ cellphones until hours after the flooding started on the night of October 29.

Mazón has defended his handling of the crisis saying that its magnitude was unforeseeable and that his administration didn’t receive sufficient warnings from central authorities.

But Spain’s weather agency issued a red alert, the highest level of warning, for bad weather as early as 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday morning as the disaster loomed.

Some communities were flooded by 6 p.m. It took until after 8 p.m. for Mazón’s administration to send out alerts to people’s cellphones.

The death toll stood at 220 victims on Saturday, with 212 coming in the eastern Valencia region, as the search for bodies goes on.

Thousands more lost their homes and streets are still covered in mud and debris 11 days since the arrival of a tsunami-like wave following a record deluge.

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