{"id":358285,"date":"2017-10-01T15:50:53","date_gmt":"2017-10-01T15:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=358285"},"modified":"2017-10-01T15:50:53","modified_gmt":"2017-10-01T15:50:53","slug":"catalan-referendum-hundreds-hurt-as-police-try-to-stop-voters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/10\/catalan-referendum-hundreds-hurt-as-police-try-to-stop-voters\/","title":{"rendered":"Catalan referendum: &#8216;Hundreds hurt&#8217; as police try to stop voters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">Barcelona&#8217;s mayor says at least 460 people have been injured as police have used force to try to prevent voting in Catalonia&#8217;s independence referendum.<\/p>\n<p>The Spanish government has pledged to stop a poll that was declared illegal by the country&#8217;s constitutional court.<\/p>\n<p>Police officers are preventing people from voting, and seizing ballot papers and boxes at polling stations.<\/p>\n<p>In the regional capital Barcelona, police used batons and fired rubber bullets during pro-referendum protests.<\/p>\n<p>Updating the injury toll to 460, Barcelona&#8217;s Mayor Ada Colau condemned police actions against what she said was the region&#8217;s &#8220;defenceless&#8221; population.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Spanish interior ministry said 12 police officers had been hurt and three people arrested. It added that 92 polling stations had been closed.<\/p>\n<p>The national police and Guardia Civil &#8211; a paramilitary force charged with police duties &#8211; were sent into Catalonia in large numbers to prevent the vote from taking place.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"story-body__unordered-list\">\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont said: &#8220;The unjustified use of violence&#8230; by the Spanish state will not stop the will of the Catalan people&#8221;<\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">Spain&#8217;s Deputy Prime Minister Soraya Saenz de Santamaria said police had &#8220;acted with professionalism and in a proportionate way&#8221;<\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">Spanish Interior Minister Juan Ignacio Zoido blamed Mr Puigdemont for what he termed the day&#8217;s senseless events<\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">The Guardia Civil said it was &#8220;resisting harassment and provocation&#8221; while carrying out its duties &#8220;in defence of the law&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>One voter, J\u00falia Graell, told the BBC that &#8220;police started to kick people, young and old&#8221;, adding: &#8220;Today, I have seen the worst actions that a government can do to the people of its own country.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In Girona, riot police smashed their way into a polling station where Mr Puigdemont was due to vote, and forcibly removed those looking to place their ballots. Mr Puigdemont was able to vote at another polling station.<\/p>\n<p>The BBC&#8217;s Tom Burridge, in Barcelona, witnessed police\u00a0being chased away\u00a0from one polling booth after they had raided it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barcelona&#8217;s mayor says at least 460 people have been injured as police have used force to try to prevent voting in Catalonia&#8217;s independence referendum. The Spanish government has pledged to stop a poll that was declared illegal by the country&#8217;s constitutional court. 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