'Illegal' Independence Referendum Turns Violent As Police And Pro-Separatists Clash
"Horrible scenes," NPR's Lauren Frayer reports from Barcelona. "Police dragging voters out of polling stations, some by the hair."
by Amy Held
Oct 01, 2017
3 minutes
Scenes of chaos and violence unfolded in Catalonia as an independence referendum deemed illegal by Madrid devolved quickly on Sunday.
As police followed orders from the central government to put a stop to the vote, they fired rubber bullets at unarmed protesters and smashed through the glass at polling places, reports The Associated Press. Three hundred and thirty-seven people were injured, some seriously, according to Catalonia's government spokesman.
Spain's Interior
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