The mayor of Ripoll (Girona) and AC leader, Sílvia Orriols, has said that several participants in the general strike called in the town have “assaulted” her when she was trying to prevent them from causing damage to a business that remained open.
“Some of the ‘protesters’ assaulted me,” she said in a message on X, where she also shared an image showing an injury on one of her fingers.
She explained that she came to the defense of the establishment: “If you pay taxes in Ripoll, create jobs for the municipality, and supply the residents, it is my duty to guarantee its safety,” and she also pointed out that the protesters confronted her while she was intervening.