johnnyk 158 Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 SPANISH police arrested more than 40 people in Barcelona last night as thousands celebrated Barcelona's victory in the Champions League final. Rioters overturning barricades, threw cans, bottles and stones at police, who responded with rubber bullets, television pictures from the centre of the city showed. Radio station Cadena Ser reported that fans set rubbish containers alight and smashed windows, signs and traffic lights. Police fired rubber bullets in an effort to disperse crowds in the city's main square and down its most famous thoroughfare, Las Ramblas, shortly after 2 am local time, Cadena Ser said. Ambulances took injured revellers away. Police estimated 100,000 fans gathered in the city's Catalonia Square to watch the match and celebrate the team's 2-0 victory over Manchester United in Rome, the third time the team has won Europe's top club competition. Police were not available for comment. Two weeks ago police arrested 45 people in the same area of Barcelona in violence following the team's victory in the King's Cup final against Bilbao. http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25550863-12377,00.html I saw some of this on SSN and it seemed quite bad. It didn't get the same coverage we got though 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyk 158 Posted May 28, 2009 Author Share Posted May 28, 2009 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8072097.stm 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazza_8 233 Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 Must've been a few Rangers fans in Barcelona that night. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Barr 0 Posted May 30, 2009 Share Posted May 30, 2009 Amazing how little was made of this compared to the "Rangers fans" that rioted in Manchester last year. Unbeleivable reeally. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
calscot 0 Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 Didn't they complain about Rangers fans not respecting their city? Seems they think peeing on a statue is far worse than rioting... 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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