Maximum tension in the visit of the King and Queen of Spain and the President of the Government to the site of the Valencia catastrophe

The institutional visit of the King and Queen of Spain, Felipe VI and Letizia, to Paiporta, the epicenter of the DANA that has devastated different areas of the province of Valencia, ended with riots, insults and the throwing of objects and mud by those affected, who especially harangued the President of the Government, Pedro Sanchez, and the President of the Generalitat Valenciana, Carlos Maz?n. The disturbances did not escalate due to the intervention of the police and the army, and also due to the understanding attitude of the monarchs, who wanted to approach the people who were haranguing them to talk to them, listen to their complaints and try to calm them down.

Pedro Sanchez, the main recipient of the reproaches of the victims and volunteers who crowded into a muddy street, was the first to separate from the group, surrounded by security personnel at the moment when the king approached the people who shouted insults and threw objects such as sticks, bottles and mud from the street.

During the moments of greatest tension, shouts of "murderers, murderers", "death to the president" and "Mazon, resign" were heard. This was the moment when the official entourage tried to approach the affected people who were waiting behind a cordon of Civil Guard officers who were trying to contain the mood. In addition, a cavalry unit of the police intervened to keep the most exalted away.

What they have not been able to avoid is the persecution of the device that protected Pedro Sanchez. The car of the president of the government was hit with sticks and kicks and suffered the breakage of several windows.

Despite the efforts to calm the crowd, the insults increased and the bodyguards opened their umbrellas to avoid being hit. However, it was King Felipe himself who asked them to lower them so that he could approach the crowd. One of the people accompanying Queen Letizia showed a gap in her forehead after the first tumult.