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Police forces reported at least 73 arrests nationwide from at least 1044 incidents linked to the general strike, including blockades of businesses.
Four million Spanish workers took part in a general strike on Wednesday, unions said, enduring stormy weather to set up picket lines in a protest against the country’s housing affordability crisis less than three weeks before a snap general election.
Protests were expected in the biggest cities less than three weeks before Spaniards vote in parliamentary elections.