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.
© Sputnik / Marty Phradera / Go to the mediabankPolice officers detain participants in the clashes near polling stations during the Catalan independence referendum on October 1, 2017.
Police officers detain participants in the clashes near polling stations during the Catalan independence referendum on October 1, 2017.
© Sputnik / Marty Phradera / Go to the mediabankPolice officers detain participants in the clashes near polling stations during the Catalan independence referendum on October 1, 2017.
Police officers detain participants in the clashes near polling stations during the Catalan independence referendum on October 1, 2017.
© AP Photo / Manu BraboA 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.
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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.
© AFP 2023 / Pau BarrenaPeople 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.
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.
© AFP 2023 / Raymond RoigSpanish 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 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.
© AP Photo / Felipe DanaSpanish 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.
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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.
© AFP 2023 / Raymond Roig 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.
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.
© AFP 2023 / Javier SorianoSome 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.
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.
© Sputnik / Marty Phradera / Go to the mediabankPolice officers and participants in the clashes near the polling stations during the Catalan independence referendum on October 1, 2017.
Police officers and participants in the clashes near the polling stations during the Catalan independence referendum on October 1, 2017.
© REUTERS / Susana VeraRiot police remove demonstrators outside a polling station for the banned independence referendum in Barcelona, Spain, October 1, 2017.
Riot police remove demonstrators outside a polling station for the banned independence referendum in Barcelona, Spain, October 1, 2017.
© Sputnik / Marty Phradera / Go to the mediabankPolice officers and participants in the clashes near the polling stations during the Catalan independence referendum on October 1, 2017.
Police officers and participants in the clashes near the polling stations during the Catalan independence referendum on October 1, 2017.
© AFP 2023 / Lluis GeneFiremen 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.
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.
© Sputnik / Marty Phradera / Go to the mediabankPolice officers and participants in the clashes near the polling stations during the Catalan independence referendum on October 1, 2017.
Police officers and participants in the clashes near the polling stations during the Catalan independence referendum on October 1, 2017.
© AP Photo / Emilio MorenattiA 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.
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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.
© AP Photo / Emilio MorenattiA 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.
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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.
© REUTERS / Albert GeaA 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.
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.