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Outrage over unprovoked ‘happy slap’ in Barcelona as gang of youths film themselves chatting to strangers in upmarket Eixample before attacking them
A GANG of youths have filmed themselves chatting to strangers on the streets of Barcelona’s upmarket Eixample district before suddenly slapping them in a string of unprovoked attacks. Footage spreading
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· Jul 2, 2026
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AllSides
· Jun 23, 2026
Brits are caught up in terrifying night of violence as French music festival descends into stabbings and rapes with multiple women stabbed with syringes
More than 240 people were arrested, two people stabbed, and others raped, as France's biggest open air music festival descended into intense violence. The 40-year-old man and woman, who have not been named, were attacked in the early hours of Monday at the Fête de la Musique – a nationwide 'street party' attended by thousands of British people. Police also reported two alleged rapes, multiple other sexual assaults, muggings, and girls being stabbed with syringes, on a night of anarchy.
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· Jun 26, 2026
Moment British girl, 13, is punched in the face 'by Spanish thug as brawl breaks out over her sitting on someone's sun lounger' at hotel
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Related coverage for "Outrage over unprovoked ‘happy slap’ in Barcelona as gang of youths film themselves chatting to strangers in upmarket Eixample before attacking them": Daily Dot — Elderly Woman Jumped Out of Her Car to Confront Boys Who Just Got Off a School Bus for Being Too Loud — Then Threatened to Bring Other Kids to Fight Them. AllSides — Brits are caught up in terrifying night of violence as French music festival descends into stabbings and rapes with multiple women stabbed with syringes. Fox News — Insane country music concert brawl goes viral after fans fight during Gavin Adcock show. Daily Mail — Moment British girl, 13, is punched in the face 'by Spanish thug as brawl breaks out over her sitting on someone's sun lounger' at hotel. TheJournal.ie — 'Shameful scenes': Two men jailed in relation to rioting in Ballymena last summer. National Post — Tracing the terrifying moments of how the Montreal shooting unfolded