- Members of the extreme Falange group congregated on Las Ramblas on Friday afternoon
- The organisation was met by a huge crowd of counter-protesters carrying flags and banners
- Tensions were so high that armed riot police were called in to separate the groups as violence broke out
Far-right activists were met by a huge crowd of anti-fascist protesters as they marched in Barcelona one day after a terror attack killed 13 people in the city.
Members of the extreme Falange group congregated on Las Ramblas boulevard this afternoon before being met by hundreds of counter-demonstrators waving flags and banners.
Tensions were so high that armed riot police were called in to separate the groups as violence broke out.
Police officers stand guard as anti-far-right protesters, some of them holding rainbow flags, gather against a demonstration by members of the Spanish right-wing group Falange
Police intervene as far right demonstrators and counter protesters scuffle
Tensions were so high that armed riot police were called in to separate the groups as violence broke out
Police officers escort members of Falange (carrying banners) as they leave Las Ramblas
Pictures show demonstrators shouting in each other’s faces and fighting in the streets as tempers boiled over.
The chaotic scenes took place near the scene where yesterday a van ploughed into pedestrians in an attack that also left more than 100 injured.
A second attack took place just hours later in the town of Cambrils, 75 miles south of Barcelona, where terrorists in an Audi A3 rammed into a crowd, killing one person.
Isis has claimed responsibility for the attacks, which it says were carried out by its ‘soldiers’.
Falange took to the streets to ‘protest Islam’ and blame Spain’s immigration policy for the attack.
A post on the group’s website said: ‘No one was fooled into thinking that the policies of multiculturalism and #RefugeesWelcome wouldn’t end like they did in Las Ramblas in Barcelona.’
Falange abandoned the demonstration after it was stormed by counter-demonstrators and had to be escorted away from Las Ramblas by police.
A counter protester and a far-right protester argue during the demonstrations
Far-right protesters shout slogans. The group blames the policies of multiculturalism for Thursday’s attack
An anti-fascist protester punches a far-right demonstrator in the face as a scuffle breaks out amid high tensions
Counter protesters jeer as the punched man walks away with a black eye. His T-shirt is emblazoned with the far-right slogan: ‘Do not stop until you conquer’
Falange abandoned the demonstration after it was stormed by counter-demonstrators