Hundreds of individuals have demonstrated in Spain’s japanese metropolis of Valencia to protest the authorities’ dealing with of considered one of Europe’s deadliest pure disasters in many years and name for accountability.
Massive crowds gathered within the central a part of town on Saturday night time, with some clashing with riot police in entrance of Valencia’s metropolis corridor. Police have been filmed utilizing batons to beat again protesters who have been marching in the direction of the seat of the regional authorities.
In Spain, regional governments are charged with dealing with civilian safety and may ask for additional sources from the nationwide authorities in Madrid.
The present regional chief is Carlos Mazon of the conservative Fashionable Occasion, who’s going through requires resignation after his administration didn’t subject flood alerts to residents till after the water was filling individuals’s houses.
Al Jazeera’s Rory Challands studies from Valencia, Spain.
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