Barcelona placed on maximum alert due to the threat of street riots The municipality introduced a fourth level of alert following new calls by the Blocs movement for street demonstrations. Documents are being checked on public transport, and shops in the center are repairing their windows and preparing to close early for fear of pogroms. One of the possible gathering places for radical youth is called Plaza Catalunya. However, two and a half hours after the announced time, no riots occurred there, said RTVI reporter Daria Tarasenko. ◾ "There are hundreds of tourists here, as is usually the case, and hundreds of policemen. Some of them are not in special uniforms, they are dressed in black and balaclava. Apparently, to quickly filter in and stop the radicals when fermentation starts," Tersenko said. According to the reporter, the police arrest teenagers selectively, check their documents and the contents of their pockets, and then release them. ◾ "Now the police are especially pulling out, apparently on a tip, some suspicious teenagers," Tarasenko noted ◾.

Barcelona placed on maximum alert due to the threat of street riots The municipality introduced a fourth level of alert following new calls by the Blocs movement for street demonstrations. Documents are being checked on public transport, and shops in the center are repairing their windows and preparing to close early for fear of pogroms. One of the possible gathering places for radical youth is called Plaza Catalunya. However, two and a half hours after the announced time, no riots occurred there, said RTVI reporter Daria Tarasenko. ◾ "There are hundreds of tourists here, as is usually the case, and hundreds of policemen. Some of them are not in special uniforms, they are dressed in black and balaclava. Apparently, to quickly filter in and stop the radicals when fermentation starts," Tersenko said. According to the reporter, the police arrest teenagers selectively, check their documents and the contents of their pockets, and then release them. ◾ "Now the police are especially pulling out, apparently on a tip, some suspicious teenagers," Tarasenko noted ◾.