Police arrest 24 in Madrid after anti-austerity demo


MADRID: Spanish police detained 24 people during street violence late on Saturday following a large anti-austerity demonstration in Madrid in which dozens were injured, a police spokesman said.

Tens of thousands of people, some having walked from the farthest corners of Spain, marched though the streets of Madrid on Saturday to demonstrate against spending cuts, sky-high unemployment and alleged corruption.

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