ADVERTISEMENTSpanish riot police forcefully descended on polling stations and rallies in Catalonia on Sunday, as the region held a independence referendum that the country’s government in Madrid had attempted to stop. At least 800 people were injured in the crackdown, according to the Catalan regional government. Juan Medina / Reuters Spanish Civil Guard officers scuffle with a woman outside a polling station for the banned independence referendum. Juan Medina / Reuters Spanish Civil Guard officers break through a door at a polling station for the banned independence referendum on Oct. 1, 2017. Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon, who has pursued a second independence referendum for Scotland in the United Kingdom, called Spain’s actions “wrong and damaging.”

Source: Huffington Post October 01, 2017 21:33 UTC