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Police in Castellón have arrested a 16-year-old boy over alleged coordination of online calls for unrest and looting linked to the Blocus network in Valencia.
The Policía Nacional said the teenager is suspected of helping to organise and incite disturbances in the city centre through social media, with the aim of sawing off into shop theft. He was arrested on Friday and is expected to be handed over to the juvenile prosecutor.
Investigators say the new arrest forms part of the same inquiry that has already led to several detentions over alleged plans to provoke disorder in the run-up to Halloween. CNS reported earlier arrests in the case in our previous coverage.
According to police, the boy is being investigated for conspiracy to commit public disorder, conspiracy to commit offences against property and membership of an organised group.
The call to gather on 31 October in Valencia prompted a major police deployment in the city centre. Shops closed early and protected their windows after officers warned of possible disorder, but no incidents were ultimately reported that night.
How the inquiry developed
Police sources said the latest detainee was active in the same online channel used by other suspects already arrested in the case. The inquiry remains open.
The new arrest comes after earlier detentions of a 17-year-old suspected of creating the communication channels, an 18-year-old alleged to have instructed others on making petrol bombs, and a 16-year-old arrested near Valencia’s bullring on 31 October.
Officers have not ruled out further detentions as they continue to examine the messages and channels allegedly used to spread calls for looting and unrest.
