Protesters Clash With Police In Madrid Demanding Transport Minister’s Resignation After Train Accident

A protest demanding the resignation of Transport Minister Óscar Puente turned violent in central Madrid on Wednesday, 28 October, with police charging demonstrators and using pepper spray and rubber bullets to disperse the crowd.

The demonstration involved Falange and Juventudes Falangistas, whose supporters called for Puente to resign following a recent train accident.

Footage posted by X user SierraGolfo shows a large crowd gathered near the Ministry of Transport and Mobility, around Plaza San Juan de la Cruz and Paseo de la Castellana. Multiple Policía Nacional vans were deployed at the scene as tensions escalated and officers moved to disperse participants.

The protest took place amid broader preventive police deployments across Madrid following online calls for potential Halloween-related unrest.