Kukutza

[1] From the very beginning, Kukutza provided the neighbours of Recalde with cultural and spare time activities, which were not offered by institutions.

[citation needed] Kukutza III began August 6, 1998, with the occupation of the old factory Cerezo in Recalde.

[4] The centre hosted many types of activities, such as dance and hiking groups, a library, a canteen, a pub, theatre classes.

In 2011, its eviction was ordered so it could be replaced with housing, but now nothing was built and local shopkeepers have stated the neighbourhood has lost its life.

In addition, 10 vehicles were burnt and the batzokis (social centres of the Basque Nationalist Party) of Recalde and the old town were attacked.

[12] 64 people were arrested in the demonstrations[13] and 76 medical reports of injuries and 53 complaints for police brutality were recorded.

[1][14] The mayor of Bilbao, Iñaki Azkuna, and the home affairs councillor, Rodolfo Ares, defended the police action in these incidents.

Although most of the prosecutions against the police were closed as a result of the impossibility of identifying the implicated officers, one was found guilty and had to pay a fine and victim compensation for assaulting a woman "unnecessarily".