Police Beat Demonstrators Hindering Arrest of Basque Nationalists

Police in the Basque Country beat demonstrators in the region’s capital, Vitoria-Gasteiz, on Monday, May 18. Demonstrators had formed a human wall in a city square to hinder the arrest of three Basque nationalists. Eitb reported that seven youths had been sentenced on May 6 for membership of the proscribed nationalist organization Segi.

Three of those, Ibon Esteban, Igarki Robles y Aiala Zaldibar, were being protected by the human wall, Eitb said. Credit: Twitter / Axier Lopez