Police Fire Warning Shots, Charge Crowd as Chaos Erupts at Loma Colmenar Shelter Access

Hundreds of migrants who had waited overnight to access the government's newly opened Loma Colmenar emergency shelter surged the entrance once the 400-person capacity was reached, triggering a crush as people outside pushed to get in. National Police deployed riot units, fired warning shots into the air and made baton charges to disperse the crowd and cordon off the access road; at least one person was injured. It is the most acute crowd-control episode since the Trampolín beach camp evictions and comes as Madrid works to expand reception capacity from the current 1,800 places toward a 6,000-bed target.