CATALONIA
SPAIN AGAINST THE CATALONIA NATION
Catalan referendum: hundreds injured as police attack protesters – video
Spanish police in riot gear stormed polling stations to prevent
Catalonia’s independence referendum from going ahead on Sunday. Schools
housing ballot boxes were raided by the national police. The Catalan
president, Carles Puigdemont, told crowds the 'police brutality will
shame the Spanish state for ever', while the mayor of Barcelona, Ada
Colau, demanded an end to the police actions and called for the
resignation of the Spanish prime minister, Mariano Rajoy. Spanish
authorities have declared the referendum illegal
