(European Conservative) The historic Catalan town of Salt has suffered two consecutive nights of riots following the arrest of a sub-Saharan imam. He had been evicted from a house he had illegally occupied for five years without paying rent. In response, immigrant groups and radical left-wing activists have vandalised property, attacked the police, set fire to dumpsters, and damaged urban infrastructure.
The first episode of violence occurred when around 200 people gathered in front of a local police station, throwing stones and eggs at the officers. The police deployed riot units to control the situation. The second night was even more intense, with hooded individuals attacking law enforcement, setting urban infrastructure on fire, and spreading chaos in the streets. The incidents resulted in six arrested, three of them minors, and one officer sustaining minor injuries.
