Protesters urge regional Spanish leader to quit a year after deadly floods


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  • Sunday, 26 Oct 2025

Relatives of flood victims and demonstrators take part in a march demanding the resignation of Carlos Mazon over his handling of the deadly flood crisis in October 2024, in Valencia, Spain, October 25, 2025. REUTERS/Eva Manez

VALENCIA (Reuters) -Tens of thousands of people demonstrated in the eastern Spanish city of Valencia on Saturday and called for conservative regional leader Carlos Mazon to resign over his handling of flash floods that killed 229 people a year ago.

Displaying banners with messages such as "Mazon to prison" and chanting, "They didn't die, they were murdered," protesters filled the centre of Valencia for the 12th time since the flash floods occurred almost exactly one year ago.

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