A crowd of angry survivors have hurled mud and insults at Spain’s King Felipe during a visit to one of the worst flood-hit towns.
The King and Queen and government officials were touring devastated Paiporta, just outside Valencia when they were confronted by locals.
Police on horseback were forced to step in and push back a crowd of several dozen people.
More than 200 people were killed and thousands made homeless in the region after walls of water and mud destroyed their homes this week. At least 60 of the dead were in Paiporta, an epicentre of suffering.
Spain’s King Felipe and Queen Letizia shake hands with Spanish Civil Guards. Pic: Casa de S.M. el Rey/Jose Jimenez/Reuters
The government has been accused of doing little to help survivors who have complained about the slow reaction of emergency services, and the shortage of food and water.
The death toll from the historic floods which hit parts of southern and eastern Spain between Tuesday and Wednesday has reached 214.
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