The fired Catalan regional government leader flew to Brussels after the Spanish government used special constitutional powers to take control of Catalan affairs Saturday and fired his government. Puigdemont and his 13 former Catalan Cabinet members have been summoned for questioning in Madrid on Thursday and Friday. There was no immediate reaction from the National Court in Madrid to the suggestion Wednesday, which is a bank holiday in Spain. Six former Catalan parliament members are also to appear Thursday and Friday before the Supreme Court in Madrid in a parallel probe over possible rebellion. ———Elena Becatoros in Barcelona, Spain, Ciaran Giles in Madrid and Raf Casert in Belgium contributed to this report.

Source: ABC News November 01, 2017 09:18 UTC