MADRID – A Spanish judge ordered the closure of a Catalan protest group’s website on Friday as authorities tried to find out who was behind the violent street demonstrations.
The sentencing on Monday of the Catalan separatist leaders to jail set the worst street violence in Spain in decades.
The attention has focused on Democratic Tsunami, a new group which emerged last month and quickly gained a huge social media following. Its main action was a massive protest at Barcelona airport on Monday, which caused dozens of flight cancellations.
The group immediately moved its homepage to a new address. It was not clear if the court would try to close that, too.
The group has not said who runs it, prompting a probe by Spanish authorities.(Reuters)
