Spain arrests more than 900 people for violating coronavirus lockdown orders

Published March 25, 2020 6:33pm ET



Spain’s Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska said during a press conference Tuesday that more than 900 citizens have been arrested for defying the government’s orders to stay inside amid the coronavirus pandemic.

In total, 926 arrests have been made, and 102,000 police reports have been filed in Spain during the pandemic, which has killed almost 3,000 people in the country and infected 40,000 more, according to El Pais.

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