Police clear Madrid housing protest camp
Crime · First reported 3 Nov, 07:43 · Updated 08:22
Authorities and activists gave differing accounts of the overnight removal of a protest camp in Puerta del Sol. The camp had been set up to protest housing costs after the eviction of an elderly tenant.
- The camp was established in central Madrid on 26 September to protest the housing crisis.
- City government sources said 334 people were removed and two were arrested, and described the eviction as peaceful; organisers said it was a violent operation that injured several people.
- The camp followed the eviction of Maricarmen Abascal, whose rent was raised by 275% to €2,650, according to the Tenants Union; she later died on 7 October.
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- Camp location
- Puerta del Sol, central Madrid
- Camp established
- 26 September
- People removed
- 334, according to city government sources
- Arrests
- Two, according to city government sources
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