Police dismantle housing cost protest camp in central Madrid, city authorities say

Police have dismantled a protest tent camp in Madrid more than a month after it was set up to protest the country's housing crisis. 334 people were removed and two arrested, authorities said. They added the eviction of the Puerta del Sol camp took place without incident or episodes of violence Meanwhile, protest organizers called it in a post on Telegram a violent police operation that left several people injured. The camp sprang up following the police eviction of 87-year-old Marie-Carmen Abascal from her lifelong Madrid home after the real estate company that owned the apartment drastically raised the rent She was hospitalized after her eviction and later died on the 7th of October. Her eviction sparked nationwide protests against housing costs and the lack of tenant protections, with tens of thousands of demonstrators hitting the streets.