A study based on 10,000 posts disseminated across seven digital platforms attributed to the 'Blocus' network, supposedly linked to the disturbances last Saturday in Barcelona, concludes that there are no signs of activity typical of this movement in Palma or Ibiza.
This is stated in a report made public two days ago by the technology company Goldn Owl, specialized in open-source intelligence and located in the Alicante Science Park.
The work, under the title "From the Barcelona riots to a national threat: the expansion of Blocus alerts to the risk of new episodes of coordinated violence", reconstructs the digital trail of the network from its accounts, posters and online groups.
Analysts have reviewed more than 10,000 items of content from seven platforms and have detected signs of activity in 18 cities in 11 autonomous communities, with calls dated in 13 of them.
The map includes Barcelona, Madrid, Bilbao, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Donostia-San Sebastián, Valencia, Sevilla, Zaragoza, Málaga, A Coruña, Santander, Pamplona and Terrassa. However, the report does not find evidence of direct activity by 'Blocus' in another 34 cities examined, among which are Palma and Ibiza.
The situation in Palma
Concern arose this Tuesday in Palma after it became known that, in a Telegram channel called 'Gen Z', with just over a hundred members and apparently related to the 'Blocus' environment, a protest was being promoted for Friday and Saturday in the center of the Balearic capital.
The organizers, through several statements sent by one of the group's administrators, which was closed on Tuesday afternoon, expressed their "categorical" rejection of any type of vandalism, violence or damage to public or private property.
"We want to make it absolutely clear that our mobilization will be defended under the principles of pacifism, dignity and respect. Those who try to distort our struggle with acts of vandalism do not represent us," they stated.
These messages came after some participants in the messaging chat raised the option of "looting luxury stores" or responding with violence to any "aggression" from the security forces.
In response, the administrators replied: "We do not need destruction to be heard, our massive, firm and organized presence is the most powerful message we can send".
In the plenary session of the Parlament, the president of the Govern, Marga Prohens, called on the Delegation of the Government for a broad police deployment in view of the possible gathering of a group she defined as "kale borroka". She linked the rally to the disturbances recorded in Barcelona, Paris or Milan and maintained that it is "encouraged by the extreme left".
Despite this, the messages spread on the Telegram channel consulted by Europa Press did not mention links with parties or social movements, although some statements from the administrators ended with the slogan "¡Viva España y viva el Rey!".
On the morning of this Wednesday, the councillor for Presidency, Coordination of Government Action and Local Cooperation, Antònia Maria Estarellas, sent a letter to the Government delegate in the Balearic Islands, Pere Joan Pons, to express her "concern" about the risk of possible violent episodes associated with this rally and to urge him to "act with foresight and responsibility" to avoid incidents similar to those in Barcelona.
Sources from the National Police consulted on Tuesday told this agency that a specific security deployment has been planned for this protest. From the Delegation of the Government they indicated that no official communication of any gathering has been received, but assured that an appropriate deployment will be put in place to prevent any incident linked to this or other calls that may disturb public order.