Barcelona police arrest 100 after rioters loot shops and set fires

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Police in Barcelona arrested 100 people Saturday evening after hooded demonstrators at an anti-establishment rally looted shops and set fires near the central Plaza de Catalunya. Catalonia's interior minister said about 25% of those arrested were minors, with over 30 fires set and 14 stores vandalized or looted in a tourist-heavy area. The demonstrators were mobilized via social media under a movement "against the system." The protests echoed a French student movement called "Lyceés Indignés," or "Indignant High School Student." Barcelona's mayor vowed the vandalism "will not go unpunished," including legal consequences for guardians of minors involved.


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