On November 23rd, thousands of Muslims stormed the Church of the Virgin Mary to manifest their opposition to its inauguration. The Church was formerly a factory that was retrofitted. Muslims unhappy with this new addition took over the first floor of a newly-built building on the other side of the street and hastily established a mosque in the early hours of the morning.Security forces tried to disperse the mob, but to no avail. At five o’clock in the afternoon, attacked the Church, broke its windows and destroyed its first floor. The mob were chanting Jihad verses as well as slogans saying "we will demolish the church" and "We sacrifice our blood and souls, we sacrifice ourselves for you, Islam", while the entrapped Christians chanted "Lord have mercy".
When the police moved in, they then attacked local Christian homes and businesses and were armed with sticks, butane, knives and other sharp objects.
Reports indicate that there were 10 000 or 20 000 Muslims in the mob. 800-100 Christians were in the Church.
To give you a sense of what the scene was like, I downloaded these videos and put them up on youtube for easy viewing. The video is about 3 minutes long. It's dark, but gives you a good idea of what went on.
H/T: Spanish Pundit.
