Valencia flash floods: Angry survivors hurl mud and insults at Spain’s King Felipe VI
Government officials accompanied the monarch on his visit to Paiporta, a town on the outskirts of Valencia that has been devastated by floods
Spain’s King Felipe VI, centre right, speaks with protesters in Paiporta, near Valencia, Spain, A crowd of angry survivors of Spain’s floods have tossed mud and shouted insults at Spain’s King Felipe VI and government officials when they made their first visit to one of the hardest hit towns. (Biel Alino/EFE via AP)
Spain’s King Felipe VI and top government officials were pelted with mud by a crowd of angry survivors of the recent flooding during the first visit by the country’s leaders to the centre of the suffering.
Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez was evacuated from the scene, according to Spanish broadcaster RTVE, when the official contingent started to walk the mud-covered streets of Paiporta.
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