Eleven people have been arrested as part of the police operation carried out by the Mossos d'Esquadra, the Local Police and the National Police on Thursday in Manresa as a result of the mass fight that took place last Saturday afternoon on Paseo Pere. III, in the center of the Catalan city.
Three of the detainees are adults and the other eight are minors. The City Council has indicated that five of the arrests have occurred on the promenade and four at homes. Two other people voluntarily showed up at the police station.
The group of young people kicked and punched each other and threw chairs and tables at each other that they took from some bars in the area. Given the situation, many customers had to run from the terraces when they saw the magnitude of the fight. There were no injuries. The next day, a group of hooded young people stoned the windows of at least six buses that had parked at the Manresa bus station.
The mayor of Manresa, Marc Aloy, explained at a press conference that the young people who had participated in the fight are attending school in the city. A group of neighbors has called a demonstration for next Thursday, October 5 at 7 p.m. in the Plaza de Crist Rei against the insecurity they feel in the capital of Bages.
The Manresa Comerç association also condemned the events through a statement and stressed that "too often" the commerce and restoration of Manresa must "endure" acts of vandalism of this type. In recent weeks, especially on Nou, Born or Saclosa streets in the historic center. In addition, they demanded "more ambitious" measures to "guarantee public order." "We must take care of the image of the city."
