MADRID: Police evicted an 87-year-old woman on Wednesday from her Madrid home of more than seven decades despite hundreds of people protesting outside and the government criticising the eviction order, in a dramatic new flashpoint of Spain's housing crisis. After being given just 30 minutes to leave with only essential belongings, Maricarmen Abascal was eventually ‌removed from the ‌building on a stretcher accompanied by social services officials ‌and ⁠driven away in ⁠an ambulance as supporter

Source: Arab News