Viral video: Mass snowball fight breaks out in blizzard-hit Madrid, police intervene
Large parts of Spain were blanketed under snow post storm Filomena. With more than half of the country on red alert, the citizens have been advised by authorities to avoid stepping outdoors.
In a video, which has now gone viral online, people at Plaza de Callao can be throwing snowballs at one another and even running along with the barricades installed on the street.
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However, the police soon intervened and broke up the ‘fight’, Spanish journalist David Vidueiro Jiménez said. The journalist also shared another video of a similar fight that broke out in another street ‘Gran Vía’.
Large parts of Spain were covered in a blanket of snow post storm Filomena. With more than half of the country on red alert, the citizens have been advised by authorities to avoid stepping outdoors and travel only when necessary. However, videos of the snowball fight triggered many reactions online. https://twitter.com/HarlieSteve/status/1348073865453436930