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Basque Police Open Case Against Falange Rally Promoter Over Francoist Symbols

Police say the broader investigation into the October 12 unrest in Vitoria remains open.

Overview

  • The Ertzaintza opened an administrative file against the organizer for the alleged use of pre‑constitutional symbols under the Citizen Security Law.
  • Investigators continue to review the clashes that followed the judicially authorized rally held on Spain’s national day.
  • Authorities reported 19 people detained for public disorder and about twenty Ertzaintza officers with minor injuries.
  • The Vitoria city council adopted a condemnation text backed by PSE, PNV and PP, while EH Bildu and Elkarrekin Podemos declined to sign over the absence of an explicit denunciation of the Falange event.
  • Roughly 200 Falange supporters gathered, with reports of Roman salutes and the singing of ‘Cara al Sol,’ as hooded counter‑protesters confronted them and police.