Protesters filled the centre of the Spanish city and called for regional leader Carlos Mazon to resign, as one banner read: 'Our hands are stained with mud, yours with blood.'
Thousands of people have marched in Valencia and demanded the resignation of the region's president over the response to devastating flooding that left more than 220 dead. Protesters filled the centre of the eastern Spanish city and chanted 'killers!' as they called for Carlos Mazon to go. Some dumped muddy boots outside a regional government building, while one banner read: 'Our hands are stained with mud, yours with blood.
Mr Mazon is also being criticised for the slow and chaotic response to the natural disaster. Thousands of volunteers were the first on the ground in many of the worst-hit areas on the outskirts of Valencia. It took days for thousands of police and military reinforcements to be sent in.
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