‘Let’s Go to Footlocker!’ French-Style ‘Unrest’ Spreads to Spain as Youths Riot and Loot in Barcelona
Riots and looting spread to Barcelona, Spain, on Saturday evening as local youths sought to imitate the unrest seen in France and other European nations in recent weeks, apparently motivated by little more than a desire to cause destruction and loot stores.
Hundreds of mostly young, hooded teenagers dressed in black descended upon the city centre of Barcelona on Saturday afternoon, destroying street furniture, clashing with police, and looting shops, the local Vanguardia newspaper reported.
According to the paper, the initial protest, called under the vague pretence of fighting “against the system”, was organised on social media and not approved by city authorities.
However, the report noted that some businesses seemed to know what was coming, as they closed early and locked their doors, sometimes even trapping shoppers inside.
Meanwhile, rioters used rocks to damage bus shelters, set fire to trash cans, and used fireworks and other flares to attack police. Others made makeshift barricades on the street by piling up city bicycles.
![BARCELONA CATALONIA, SPAIN - OCTOBER 24: Several people are causing disturbances on 24 October 2026 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Vans belonging to the Mossos d’Esquadra have cordoned off Plaça Catalunya in Barcelona since Saturday afternoon, where they have begun making a number of charges to control activists who have been gathering there, the vast majority of whom are hooded and dressed in black. After the fire brigade had extinguished the fire at a barricade and other street furniture set alight by the activists, riot police are carrying out small-scale charges to clear the activists from the square, although the activists have subsequently set fire to part of the terrace at the Bar Zurich and more litter bins.[**********]. (Photo By Lorena Sopena/Europa Press via Getty Images)](https://media.breitbart.com/media/2026/10/GettyImages-2301817455.jpg)
BARCELONA CATALONIA, SPAIN – OCTOBER 24: Several people are causing disturbances on 24 October 2026 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. (Photo By Lorena Sopena/Europa Press via Getty Images)
One youth rioter was quoted as saying: “People were bored at home and came here, like in France.”
Another said: “We’re not protesting about anything, there’s nothing left to protest about.”
SPAIN: Invasion of Ceuta
There are no ‘Muslim Europeans’, ‘British Muslims’, ‘French Muslims’, ‘German Muslims. They’re Muslims first, last and always. Only Muslims.
As of early September 2026, between 3,000 and 5,000 illegal migrants remained in Ceuta, many of whom were living on the streets or beaches after a mass influx in late July. The situation has raised significant humanitarian concerns and tensions among local residents.
So Spain’s Civil guard has now totally lost all control over the borders they said it’s “Totally collapsed “ hundreds and thousands of Africans all men all army ages have stormed over the border in the last hours! This is all coming our way Britain https://t.co/r9aVqX83Mg
— Alexandra (@Alexandr4Denman) October 12, 2026
In a matter of weeks Ceuta, Spain has turned into a third world hellhole.
Trash now fills the beaches and oceans while thousands of Muslim invaders have fully taken over.
And the government is doing nothing about it.
Is what they call “cultural enrichment”? https://t.co/XllJLMRmG2
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) August 16, 2026
SPAIN: 70% of the 80,000 Moroccan men who invaded Ceuta last July are reportedly claiming to be gay in their asylum applications. LGBTQ organizations are helping them file the requests to the Spanish government.
