Transportation platforms Uber and Cabify have temporarily suspended their services in Barcelona after their cars became the targets of aggression by taxi drivers. Some 2,000 taxi drivers in the Catalan capital went on strike on Wednesday to protest the removal of local laws limiting the number of licenses for car rentals with a driver, known as VTC.
One of the most serious incidents took place in the city center, near to the Concepció market. A group of strikers identified and attacked a Cabify vehicle carrying a family of French tourists. More than a dozen strikers surrounded the car, kicking and hitting it, while the driver implored them to stop, telling them that one of the passengers was a small girl.
The Cabify driver was then pushed around by the strikers, while the father of the family in the car was spray painted in the face when he got out of the vehicle. Posted by Abdul