Forn says "we denounce the attempt by the state to intervene in the police forces of Catalonia." ———2:20 p.m.Spain's Interior Ministry says a prosecutor has asked the government to coordinate law enforcement efforts to impede a planned referendum on Catalonia's secession from Spain. The Interior Ministry says the top prosecutor for Catalonia met on Saturday with officials of the Catalan regional police, the National Police and the Civil Guard in Barcelona to inform them of the request. The Interior Ministry says the prosecutor's request does not mean the federal government is "taking command" of the Catalan police. The remaining students were hold-outs from a group of about 2,000 that gathered in and around the university Friday.

Source: ABC News September 23, 2017 12:47 UTC