The protests against the amnesty in Madrid leave 39 injured, 29 of them police officers, and 6 arrested

Madrid

11/08/2023 at 00:56

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An ultra group of about 200 people threw bottles and objects at the police officers and tried to overcome the security fences

He Samur-Civil Protection has treated 39 people, 29 of them police officersafter the riots carried out tonight by a group of protesters who protested against the amnesty law in the vicinity of the socialist headquarters on Ferraz Street in Madrid, and six other people have been detained, according to data from the Emergencies and Government Delegation in Madrid.

Most of the injured have been treated by SAMUR-Civil Protection paramedics at the scene and four, one of them a police officer, have been transferred to hospital centers due to breaches and in the case of the agent due to a possible fracture in a hand, as a Madrid Emergency spokesperson informed EFE.

Those arrested for public disorder are five men and one womanaccording to what sources from the Government Delegation in Madrid have told EFE.

SAMUR-Civil Protection has collected after 00:00 tonight the device deployed to deal with incidents during the concentration.

Among the injured there are two agents from the Police Intervention Unit (UIP) who had bruises from blows, according to sources.

The Samur health workers have appreciated breaches, eye irritation and bruises to the wounded.

These six arrests are in addition to the three that were carried out this Monday in the same place after an ultra group of about 200 people will throw bottles and objects against the police officers and cut the zip ties of the security fence in the area.

The sources have not specified the crimes that the detainees are currently accused of, that they have been involved in incidents in a concentration not communicated to the Government Delegation and that It has left 12 injured, two of them police officers.

Since 8:00 p.m. around 7,000 protesters have gathered around the socialist headquarters and then a large group of them has headed towards the Gran Vía with the intention of reaching the Congress of Deputiesbut the police force has prevented it, which has forced them to return to Ferraz.

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