Fences, construction materials, furniture, pointed sticks or iron bars on windows. La Ruina and the Kubo look like a single bunker, the two buildings are connected, hours before the planned eviction by the Mossos d’Esquadra for this Thursday. And its occupants are waiting for the agents as the banner posted on the façade of La Ruina says: “We are waiting for you miscreants.”
Police sources estimate that there may be a hundred people inside willing to resist the eviction that must be carried out by court order. That’s why, The police device contemplates hostile resistance that could involve throwing objects at the officers, stones, bottles, fire extinguishers, pyrotechnic material and sticks.in addition to some occupants trying to prevent their exit by chaining themselves to the building, hanging from the facades or with their hands inside concrete to delay vacancy.
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What is clear is that the eviction will last hours and the top police officials will follow its evolution from the command center at the Bolivia Street police station. Furthermore, from the Barcelona City Council, which will provide support to the Mossos with agents from the Urban Guard and Firefighters, sand rules out a supply cut for safety reasons and if they are necessary in case of an emergency situation.
The Plaza de la Bonanova will be the scene of an eviction that aims to be one of the most violent of the squatter movement in Barcelona, according to police sources, so the device will be extensive and will bring together several specialized units, from the Mobile Brigade and the Regional Operational Resource Areas (ARRO) to groups, such as the canine or subsoil groups, to carry out the eviction in complete safety. Furthermore, for the first time the police could use drone units to control entrances to occupied buildings as well as nearby streets