(3 Oct 2017) People took to the streets of Barcelona on Tuesday to protest the use of force by police that left hundreds injured during a disputed referendum on the region's secession.
More than 890 civilians were treated for injuries, most of them not serious, following clashes during Sunday's referendum, according to Catalan regional health authorities.
Police using batons, and some firing rubber bullets, cleared protesters hoping to vote. Spain's Interior Ministry says 431 National Police and Civil Guard agents were injured, too.
Protesters gathered on a day that saw highways blocked, schools closed and much business halted across Catalonia as workers and students joined strikes.
Several labour unions and grassroots pro-independence groups had urged workers throughout Catalonia to go on partial or full-day strikes after the referendum that the Spanish government had deemed illegal and invalid.
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