BARCELONA – After a brief respite, protests have again turned violent in Barcelona as supporters of a Spanish rap artist imprisoned for glorifying domestic terrorist groups and insulting Spain's monarch returned to the streets Saturday.
Several thousand people marched peacefully in the city before small packs spun off and smashed the windows of at least two bank offices and did other property damage.
Police made at least 10 arrests, including of two people suspected of trying to set fire to a police van. There were also protests in other towns in Spain's Catalonia region, where rapper Pablo Hasél was arrested on Feb.