Barcelona shopkeepers count damage after riots: 'This isn't stealing, it's destroying'

Riots in central Barcelona following an "anti-system" protest resulted in 128 arrests, including 72 minors, and damage to 23 businesses, with the city cleaning up broken glass and burned barricades on Sunday morning. Shopkeepers reported significant losses, with flower stands looted and a glasses store ransacked. The Barcelona city council estimated urban furniture damage at €36,000, including 31 burned containers, while the restaurant guild criticized the police response as insufficient. Some businesses lacked protective shutters and remained vulnerable. One employee spent the night guarding a store after thieves stole goods, and a teenager entered to take photos. The historic Café Zürich had its parasols burned.