Merrickman Abascal, the 87-year-old Spaniard whose eviction from her home after more than seven decades of residence sparked a wave of widespread protests over the country's housing crisis, died on Wednesday, October 15.

Merrickman Abascal, the 87-year-old Spaniard whose eviction from her home after more than seven decades of residence sparked a wave of widespread protests over the country's housing crisis, died on Wednesday, October 15.

🔸 The Tenants Association in Madrid announced this news and said that Abscal was hospitalized due to severe anxiety and physical and mental exhaustion since he was evacuated from his home on October 1. The exact cause of his death has not yet been released.

After the news of this woman's death was published, thousands of people took to the streets in Madrid and marched towards the parliament building, chanting: "This is not death, this is murder." Interceptions were also held in Barcelona.

The story began when an investment fund bought the house where Abskal lived for more than 70 years and raised the rent by 275%, and the 87-year-old woman was finally forced to vacate the house. The images of this elderly woman being forcibly transferred on a stretcher by police sparked public outrage and fueled widespread protests against rising rents and housing shortages.