Violence erupted as
Barcelona played
Real Madrid in La LigaFirst incident since October jailing of
Catalan separatist leadersMasked
protesters set bins on
fire and threw rocks and glass bottles at
police who responded with foam bullets in a street near Camp Nou stadium as Barcelona and Real Madrid faced off Wednesday in the first clásico of the season.
Forty-six people were lightly injured in the clashes, including eight who needed to be taken to hospital for extra care, local emergency services said. Five people were arrested, a police spokesman said.