Rail passengers are thrown down stairs and tackled to the ground for not wearing face masks as coronavirus rules are brutally enforced in Spain
- One man was thrown down stairs at Barcelona’s La Segrera underground station
- Another passenger was tackled to floor at Getafe train station near Madrid
- The Spanish government have stipulated that it is mandatory to wear face mask
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Rail passengers have been thrown down stairs and tackled to the ground for not wearing face masks as coronavirus rules are brutally enforced in Spain.
Shocking footage taken at La Segrera underground station in Barcelona shows one man involved in a scuffle with two security guards.
At one point during the struggle, the man is thrown down some steps and he lands on the floor on his back with a loud thud.
One of the security guards is heard shouting at the man on the floor: ‘I am fed up with you. And now you can call the police.’
Shocking footage from taken at La Segrera underground station in Barcelona shows one man involved in a scuffle with two security guards
At one point during the fight, the man is thrown down some steps and he lands on the floor on his back with a loud thud
In a separate incident at the Getafe train station just outside Madrid, another man was grabbed by train guards for not wearing his mask properly because he was talking on the phone.
The man was forced to get off the train after arriving at the station where five members of staff began wrestling him. He eventually ended up being forced to the ground.
According to local media, the security guards had to call local police and officers were then deployed to the station. The guards reported the passenger for assault to the national police.
The Spanish government have stipulated that it is mandatory to wear a face mask when it’s impossible to keep a social distance as part of the health measures to prevent a new COVID-19 outbreak.
In a separate incident at the Getafe train station just outside Madrid, another man was grabbed by train guards for not wearing his mask properly because he was talking on the phone
In response to the incident at the underground station in Barcelona, the company that manages the local service Transports Metropolitans of Barcelona (TMB) said in a public statement that the man refused to wear a face mask and attacked one of the security guards.
Local media reports TMB has launched an investigation to clarify what happened and determine if they will take disciplinary measures against the security guards.
Reports said the two security guards pushed the man down the steps when they were trying to remove the man from the underground station because he had refused to wear a face mask.
The man who was tackled to the ground at the train station in Madrid was talking on the phone inside the train with his mask hanging down when he was asked to cover his face and refused. He is pictured left and right being surrounded by train guards
Witnesses told local media that the man who was tackled to the ground at the train station in Madrid was talking on the phone inside the train with his mask hanging down when he was asked to cover his face and refused.
Witnesses told local media that ‘the guards started to shout at him and dragged him off the train’.
The union of private security Alternativa Sindical said in a press statement that they support the security guards shown in the video as the use of a face mask is mandatory in public transport.
According to the latest figures from the Johns Hopkins University, Spain has registered 246,272 cases of COVID-19 and 28,323 related deaths.