The people of Gelida could not take it anymore. That’s why they got active on this Saturday night.
Fed up ! This Saturday, residents of Gelida, west of Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain), have had enough. Enough with this gang of young people peddling an apartment and spreading terror in the neighborhood. On the program are thefts, muggings, threats… Enough is enough!
The young people occupy an apartment in Gelida, west of Barcelona. Screenshot – @googlemaps
So 200 residents decided to take matters into their own hands. That Saturday evening, they gathered in front of the building and the front door of the famous apartment to evict the squatters.
police presence
Fortunately, there was no incident to report as the Mossos d’Esqudra, the Catalan police, were on the scene quickly.
“The straw that broke the camel’s back was a very absurd theft because it was about chocolates. But in the end people were upset because it had been several months and at the end they had this feeling of uneasiness and insecurity,” Lluisa Llop, the mayor, testified to our colleagues at 324.
On this Saturday evening, none of the young people in the apartment slept. But the police decided to occupy the site to avoid flooding.