About 130,000 people demonstrated in Valencia, Spain on Sunday. Radicals tried to storm the regional government building and set a fire in front of the main entrance (see video above). According to them, the aid after the once-in-a-century storm was too slow.
The demonstrators went together to the government building and chanted, among other things, ‘murderer, murderer’ and ‘resign, resign’. After a minute of silence for the more than 200 people who died in the storm, several leaders read out a manifesto that, among other things, called for clarification of responsibility for the “avoidable consequences of the disaster.” 65 organizations called for the demonstration, including citizens’ initiatives and trade unions.
The demonstration itself was peaceful. However, radicals then threw stones, bottles and burning containers at the police, the Spanish newspaper ‘Las Provinicias’ reported. Some people even tried to storm the government building and set fire in front of the main entrance. Protesters also threw mud on the building and wrote insults against the regional president on its facade. Police have reported four arrests.
Mazón is accused, among other things, of the fact that the warnings from the weather service Aemet in the morning of October 29 were only sent to the mobile phones of the population as an alarm in the evening. By then the rivers had already burst their banks and the devastating floods had begun. The regional president himself said that at first it looked like normal storms. However, the focus now should be on rescuing victims and rebuilding, not on clarifying responsibilities.
King dares to return to territory
On October 29, some cities rained more than normal in a year in just a few hours. Spanish King Felipe VI. wants to visit the disaster area again on Tuesday despite the persistent dissatisfaction among the population. On his first visit he was pelted with mud and insulted, among other things. His wife, Queen Letizia, will no longer accompany him this time, as the royal family announced. The monarch wants to supervise the repair and clean-up work.
According to the latest figures, at least 222 people died. 41 are still missing, about half could be bodies that have not yet been identified.
Source: Krone
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