Catalan Referendum: Through Bruises to Independence
Catalan Referendum: Through Bruises to Independence
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An independence referendum held in Spain's autonomous region of Catalonia on October 1, 2017, turned violent. Almost 900 of the peacefully assembled people... 02.10.2017, Sputnik International
An independence referendum held in Spain's autonomous region of Catalonia on October 1, 2017, turned violent. Almost 900 of the peacefully assembled people, attempting to cast a democratic vote on their future, were injured after riot police fired rubber bullets and beat them.
According to Catalan's leader Carles Puigdemont, 893 people have been injured, four have been hospitalized and two are in very serious condition, after the polling day violence, as quoted in the local government's Twitter.
Earlier, the Spanish Constitutional court ruled the referendum unconstitutional and took measures to prevent it, including closing polling stations and facilities used in the voting and during the results count.
A woman and her son react as Spanish National Police storm the Ramon Llull school assigned to be a polling station by the Catalan government in Barcelona, Spain, on October 1, 2017.
People raise their hands in front of Spanish police officers at the entrance of a polling station in Barcelona, on October 1, 2017, on the day of a referendum on independence for Catalonia banned by Madrid.
Spanish Guardia Civil police drag a man outside a polling station in Sant Julia de Ramis, where the Catalan president was supposed to vote, on October 1, 2017.
Spanish riot police remove fences thrown at them as they try to prevent people from reaching a voting site at a school assigned to be a polling station by the Catalan government in Barcelona, Spain, on October 1, 2017.
People clash with Spanish Guardia Civil guards outside a polling station in Sant Julia de Ramis, where Catalan president was supposed to vote, on October 1, 2017.
Some protesters confront Spanish National police officers during a demonstration at Puerta del Sol square in support of the right to hold a referendum on self-determination in Catalonia and against repression, in Madrid on October 1, 2017.
Firemen hold people in front of Spanish Guardia Civil officers outside a polling station in San Julia de Ramis, on October 1, 2017, on the day of a referendum on independence for Catalonia banned by Madrid.
A girl grimaces as Spanish National Police pushes away Pro-referendum supporters outside the Ramon Llull school assigned to be a polling station by the Catalan government in Barcelona, Spain, on October 1, 2017.
A man shows a bruise on his back allegedly caused by Spanish riot police after clashes near a school assigned to be a polling station by the Catalan government in Barcelona, Spain, on October 1, 2017.
A man faces off with a Spanish Civil Guard officer outside a polling station for the banned independence referendum in Sant Julia de Ramis, Spain, on October 1, 2017.
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