BARCELONA—A top Spanish court ordered the head of Catalonia’s police force and two separatist leaders to testify in a sedition investigation, a move likely to intensify the strain between Spanish authorities and the region as its leaders prepare to declare independence as early as this weekend. Spain’s National Court is probing attempts by protesters and their leaders last month to prevent national police from arresting 14 Catalan organizers of the Oct. 1 referendum, in which many Catalans defied the central government and...

Source: Wall Street Journal October 04, 2017 11:16 UTC