- Hundreds of people shouted and threw objects, some even from balconies, at police officers who had tried to fine a vehicle parked in the second row.
- The instigator of the riot was arrested for public disorder and resisting arrest.
The Rocafonda neighbourhood in MatarĂł (Maresme) is once again at the centre of a social conflict. This was demonstrated yesterday when hundreds of people, most of them of Moroccan origin, attacked local police officers who were trying to fine the owner of a vehicle parked in the second row in Pau Picasso street.
Shortly after 8pm, a man reacted angrily to the fine imposed on him by an officer from the MatarĂł local police station for parking his vehicle in the second row in front of 40 Pablo Picasso Street. The delinquent, who refused to give his personal details, confronted the officers shouting and caused a large number of people to gather at the scene for a street fight.
After the confrontation with the driver, they started throwing bottles, plates, rubbish bags, oranges, a helmet, pieces of meat, etc. at the officers, even from the balconies, so that they had to retreat and call three more patrols of the local police and two of the Mossos d’Esquadra for reinforcement. The provocateur was eventually arrested, but the unrest continued throughout the night and even led to a container being set on fire in the Palau district. [âŚ]La Vanguardia
