Thousands of people protested in the Spanish city of Valencia against regional authorities over devastating floods , in which more than 220 people died, NOVA reported.
Protesters filled the city center demanding the resignation of regional government leader Carlos Mazon and chanting “Murderers!“.
„Our hands are stained with mud, yours - with blood,” reads one of the posters. Demonstrators threw muddy boots in front of the municipal council building in protest.
Residents in the affected areas accuse Mazon of issuing the warning too late, at 8:00 p.m. on October 29, long after water had already poured into many of the nearby towns and villages.
Authorities said they would have sounded the alarm sooner if they had been notified of the seriousness of the situation by the official water monitoring body.
„We want to show our outrage and anger at the mismanagement of this disaster that has affected so many people,” said Anna Oliver, president of one of the 30 or so groups that organized the protest.