Police use teargas on protesters as disabled woman, 87, evicted from Madrid home

Maricarmen’s case was taken up by Madrid’s tenants’ union in city where the right to housing is a live issue. Photograph: David Canales/SOPA Images/Shutterstock Maricarmen’s case was taken up by Madrid’s tenants’ union in city where the right to housing is a live issue. Photograph: David Canales/SOPA Images/Shutterstock Spain Police use teargas on protesters as disabled woman, 87, evicted from Madrid home Housing rights campaigners decry landlord’s ‘barbaric behaviour’ after apartment Maricarmen had lived in for 71 years was bought by a developer

Prefer the Guardian on Google There were violent scenes in Madrid on Wednesday as riot police fought with protesters trying to prevent the eviction of a disabled 87-year-old woman from her apartment in the El Retiro district of the city.