Tens of thousands march in Madrid to mourn a pensioner whose eviction sparked housing protests

Tens of thousands march in Madrid to mourn a pensioner whose eviction sparked housing protests

Tens of thousands of protesters joined a march in Madrid on Thursday to mark the death of 87-year-old pensioner Merrickman Abscal, whose eviction from her apartment in the Spanish capital in September sparked a wave of housing protests that prompted the government to bring forward the elections.