WATCH: France’s student unrest spills into Barcelona as hooded youths loot shops and clash with riot police in Plaça de Catalunya

Housing protesters camped in the square stopped the rioters from getting in, as shoppers and tourists were caught up in a night of violence in the city centre.

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