Justitie · Bilbao disturbancesBilbao violent protests: 17 arrested, including 10 minors, after vehicle firesGeschreven 28 oktober 2026 om 04:53 UTCKijkenTranscript0:07Rioters burned cars and a police motorcycle in Bilbao.0:10Seventeen people were arrested, including ten minors, and the city estimates public0:14property damage at about fifty-five thousand euros.0:17Vehicle owners face separate losses.0:20Investigators still have to determine who directed the violence and who carried it0:24out.0:24Police arrested the seventeen on suspicion of public order offenses.0:27The seven adults aged eighteen to twenty-five have been released pending court0:31summonses.0:32Another man, aged twenty, two, is being investigated separately.0:36Police are still identifying additional participants.0:38The arrested group comprises fourteen men and three women.0:41One of the seven adults is a woman.0:44None had previously been arrested by the Ertzensa, the Basque Regional Police.0:48The judicial process will have to determine each person's involvement.0:51An early tally counted at least nine arrests.0:53An interim count rose to nineteen, with three others investigated.0:57The final balance revised those figures to seventeen and one and revised the minors'1:01count from seven to ten.1:02The violence broke out on October twenty-sixth, twenty twenty-six.1:06Thousands of students had marched through the city center at midday.1:09Several thousand people gathered near the University of Josto later, opposing a1:12planned appearance by far right activist Vito Quiles.1:15Youth organizations, political groups, and anti-fascist organizations had mobilized1:20against his presence.1:21Quiles had announced a gathering in front of the university's Bilbao campus for1:25seven that evening.1:26He cancelled it, and the appearance never went ahead.1:28The march preceding the unrest was largely peaceful.1:31Police knew about the cancellation well before Quiles announced it publicly.1:34At two that afternoon, he asked the regional police about moving the gathering1:38elsewhere.1:38They told him there was no alternative location.1:40He then withdrew in writing.1:42His written withdrawal reached police more than two hours before his public1:46announcement.1:47Quiles announced the cancellation on social media about half an hour before the1:50scheduled start, citing security concerns.1:53Those were separate communications about the same cancelled appearance.1:56The university suspended afternoon academic activity and closed the campus as a2:00precaution.2:01That was its own decision, separate from Quiles's withdrawal.2:04Basque University's Minister Juan Ignacio P.2:06Rez Iglesias disagreed with the closure, calling it incorrect.2:10Several hundred people moved toward nearby Leandakari Aguirre Avenue after the2:13gathering dispersed around the scheduled start time.2:16Hooded participants dragged waste containers into the road and set them alight as2:19barricades.2:20They also burned a Bilbao Municipal Police motorcycle.2:23The disturbances spread from the Justo area toward Plaza di Uscadi, near Justo2:27Bridge, and into the city center.2:29People threw stones at officers and the Justo police station.2:32More vehicles and containers burned as the unrest spread.2:34Police described a group carrying stones toward the station and setting the2:37motorcycle alight along the way.2:39Flares or fireworks were also thrown.2:41A construction container burned on nearby Francesc Massi Street.2:45The attacks damaged street furniture and commercial premises as well as vehicles.2:49Bilbao City Council estimates public property losses at about fifty-five thousand2:53euros.2:54Its assessment counts thirty: eight burned waste containers and five burned out2:58cars.2:58The car owners bear those losses separately, so the municipal estimate covers only3:03part of the damage.3:04Earlier estimates described fire reaching at least six cars or roughly half a dozen3:08vehicles burning.3:09The city specifically counted five burned-out cars.3:12Those descriptions cover different degrees or types of damage, and the counts3:15haven't been fully reconciled.3:16The Bern Police Motorcycle is an additional identified vehicle.3:20Municipal crews began removing burned cars and containers early on October3:24twenty-seventh.3:24Residents and traders faced damaged vehicles, damaged premises, and disrupted3:28streets.3:29There isn't a reliable overall injury count, and the full private property bill is3:33still unknown.3:33The Basque Socialist Organization EHKS, which includes GKS, says its involvement3:38ended with the earlier mobilizations.3:40It says two afternoon demonstrations ended without incidents in Dustow, and that its3:44objectives had been fulfilled once quiles didn't come.3:47EHKS linked the wider unrest to working, class impoverishment, war, the growth of3:52fascism, and the influence of technology and social networks.3:55Those are the organization's proposed explanations.3:57Its statement describes its own role.3:59Investigators still have to determine individual responsibility for the attacks.4:03Security Minister Bingin Zuperia suggested organized Basque groups or outside4:07influences might have shaped the unrest.4:09Basque President Aiman al Pradales called the incidents intolerable and4:13unacceptable.4:14Mayor Juan Mar O Borto called the perpetrators real fascists and expressed4:18solidarity with those affected.4:19The Security Department inferred premeditation because the disturbances continued4:23despite the cancellation.4:24Zuperia noted that the young detainees hadn't lived through ETS violence or the4:28earlier Basque Street violence known as Kale Baroca.4:31He suggested they might be following outside references or instructions or imitating4:35violent movements elsewhere in Europe.4:37Those remain official hypotheses about who influenced the rioting.4:40Quiles alleged that former ETA members were among the protest leaders, but supplied4:45no evidence.4:46Investigators haven't demonstrated an ETA connection or identified who directed the4:50attacks.4:51Police unions Arenay and Asan allege that commanders dismantled the preventive4:55deployment too hastily after cancellation.4:57Ernay demanded explanations and accountability from police leadership.5:00The unions argue that cancelling the appearance didn't remove the risk from the5:03crowds already gathered.5:05The deployment sequence hasn't been fully explained.5:07Useful General Secretary Julio Gans layers condemned the attempt to reach the Dusto5:12station as an escalation aimed at direct confrontation with officers.5:15The union criticism has opened a separate dispute over how police prepared for the5:18unrest.5:19All municipal groups except E.5:21H.5:21Bildu signed a joint declaration condemning the disturbances and chance supporting5:25military ETA.5:26E.5:27H.5:27Bildu separately expressed its absolute rejection of violent behavior and solidarity5:31with those affected.5:32Its municipal spokesperson, Mardellar Operada, distinguished the peaceful popular5:36response from the later incidents.5:38The People's Party demanded Zuperiria's resignation.5:40Its secretary general Miguel Telado called the perpetrators far-left fascists and5:45criminals, and blamed government failures to anticipate the violence.5:48Socialist Pachi Al Pez warned against feeding hatred.5:51The PNV's Maribel Vaquero said provocation couldn't justify more violence.5:55Basque socialist leader Enico Andueza also said violence could never answer5:59provocation.6:00Condemnation stretched across institutions and parties.6:03But they disagreed about political responsibility and who might benefit from the6:06disturbances.6:07Sumars John Hernandez said the unrest benefited the right and far right.6:11CCOA leader One Sordo called for clarification of who promoted the violent6:15mobilizations.6:16Government spokesperson Elma Sayes condemned the vandalism and said violence had no6:20place in democracy.6:21The ELA union likewise warned that reactionary forces would gain politically.6:25Police now have to distinguish those who caused the damage from the much larger6:28number who protested peacefully.6:30The ten arrested minors were due before juvenile prosecutors on October27 .6:34The outcome hasn't been made public.6:36The seven released adults await court summances while the investigation continues.Lees het artikelTijdlijn van het verhaalHeyDex
