Police in Madrid clashed with protesters as groups took to the streets to call for the government's resignation following a train collision that killed at least 68 people and injured dozens others.
Around 500 people gathered outside the country's Transport Ministry with some hurling bottles and flares at police while demanding accountability for the incident.
The group were seen carrying a banner branding the government "criminals in power under the '78 regime".
Police fired tear gas into the crowd as they moved to clear them from the roadway with no arrests or injuries reported.
The collision occurred at about 9:00am local time on Wednesday morning when a Spanish high-speed express slammed into a stationary train.
More than 500 passengers were said to be travelling on both trains when the incident occurred with survivors describing having to smash windows to escape after the collision.
Meanwhile, the Spanish trade union CSIF has called for the resignation of the country's Transport Minister Óscar Puente.
In a statement released by the CSIF on Wednesday, it accused Puente of shifting blame to a traffic manager during his press conference instead of "taking responsibility".
In a televised address near the scene of the accident, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said that “all of Spain” is in mourning while the opposition People's Party cancelled all political campaign events for the day.
Sanchez emphasised the need to rebuild confidence in the country's high-speed rail system, saying that it is “unacceptable for a country like Spain to suffer two high-speed accidents in the same year”.
Footage broadcast by regional Castilla-La Mancha Television showed a derailed train, with at least one carriage remaining on an elevated section of track.
Twisted metal, broken panels and wreckage were scattered across the embankment below.
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