Police use teargas as protesters oppose eviction of 87-year-old woman in Madrid
Riot police used teargas during clashes with protesters who tried to prevent the eviction of an 87-year-old disabled woman from her Madrid apartment. Hundreds gathered in the Retiro district, with some staying overnight, during the fourth attempt to remove her from the home where she had lived for 71 years after it was bought by a developer.
Riot police used teargas in Madrid on Wednesday as protesters tried to prevent the eviction of an 87-year-old disabled woman from her apartment in the Retiro district.
Hundreds of people gathered, with some staying overnight, during the fourth attempt to carry out the eviction. Activists from the Madrid and Barcelona tenants’ union joined the protest, along with actor Carlos Bardem and singer and actor Ana Belén.
Housing rights campaigners condemned what they described as the landlord’s “barbaric behaviour”. The apartment had been bought by a developer, and the woman had lived there for 71 years.
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