16 Horrific Scenes That Prove All Hell Is Breaking Loose in Spain
(ANTIMEDIA) — At least 700 people attempting to vote were injured on Sunday by Spanish police, who were attempting to prevent Catalonia’s independence referendum.
The violent clashes between Catalans and the Spanish police have led to the injuries of 216 people in Barcelona, 80 in Girona, 64 in Lleida, 53 in Terres de l’Ebre, 27 in Catalunya central, and 25 in Tarragona, according to the Catalan health ministry. Spanish police have gone so far as to physically attack Catalan firefighters and push back against Catalan police attempting to protect voters.
While many Catalans were able to successfully cast their ballots in the referendum, which was declared illegal by Spanish authorities, police violently prevented hundreds from voting for independence. Barcelona’s mayor is now calling for the Spanish prime minister to resign amid the violence and chaos. Jeremy Corbyn is calling on the Spanish government to end its “shocking” violence against Catalans who are simply trying to vote.
Police violence against citizens in #Catalonia is shocking. The Spanish government must act to end it now.
— Jeremy Corbyn (@jeremycorbyn) October 1, 2017
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Map of Catalonian polling stations open vs successfully closed by Spanish state police. Green = open. Red = closed.https://t.co/LP3VqRPHmL pic.twitter.com/Rum0TFc783
— Julian Assange 🔹 (@JulianAssange) October 1, 2017
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"Out of the 2,262,424 ballots that were not seized, 2,020,144 were YES votes, 176,566 were NO votes, 45,586 in blank and 20,129 null votes"
— Catalan Government (@catalangov) October 1, 2017
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The Catalan government has announced that voting will end at 8pm Spanish time, except for people who are already in line at a polling station. Following the police crackdown, Spain’s prime minister Mariano Rajoy declared during a television address that there actually was no independence vote in Catalonia on Sunday.
“At this time I can tell you, with full clarity, what you all know and what we have seen today,’ he said.
“Today, we have not had a referendum for self-determination in Catalonia.
“Today, all the Spaniards have seen that our state rule of law keeps its strength and reality, and restricts those who wish to subvert the state of law, and acts with all the legal resources, vis a vis all provocations, and does it with efficacy and in a serene way.”
Here are 16 scenes that show Spanish police violently preventing Catalans from voting in the independence referendum:
1) Càrrega de la Policia Nacional. Disparen bales de goma i cops de porra. Ferits. (Carrer Sardenya). #CatalanReferendum pic.twitter.com/Of4Ek3juic
— Àlex Tort (@alextortsagues) October 1, 2017
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Moment en què la Policia Nacional ha agredit una noia, Marta Torrejillas, a l'institut Pau Claris de l'Eixample de Barcelona #1Oct pic.twitter.com/2l9xRzNi6D
— Diari ARA (@diariARA) October 1, 2017
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Les 3 imatges que estan fent la volta al món. #CatalanReferendum pic.twitter.com/N5AdNaMUNT
— Racó Català (@racocatala) October 1, 2017
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Cumpliendo la orden judicial, la @guardiacivil se ha encontrado con acoso y agresiones, como esta en Sant Joan de Vilatorrada#EstamosporTI pic.twitter.com/dAqtiKtCy3
— Ministerio Interior (@interiorgob) October 1, 2017
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així ens han tractat al cap guinardó. imatges de jordi folch pic.twitter.com/q35tOc5n1u
— natza farré (@natzafarre) October 1, 2017
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Rule of law gone. The very definition of authoritarian.I'm disgusted #cataloniareferendum pic.twitter.com/lszakTUEjL
— Jolyon Rubinstein (@JolyonRubs) October 1, 2017
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Powerful image of firefighters acting as human shield to protect Catalonian people from Spanish police #CatalanReferendum pic.twitter.com/xclXq5xzdh
— Patrice Hardy (@MisssPatrice) October 1, 2017
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The Spanish police are now beating up Catalan firefighters. This is an absolute shocker. #CatalanReferendum pic.twitter.com/zJeTATJQxJ
— Owen Jones🌹 (@OwenJones84) October 1, 2017
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Just been sent this from a friend in Barcelona. The Guardia Civil are just firing rubber bullets randomly at people. #CatalanReferendum pic.twitter.com/ITMfplcBH0
— Leigh Jones (@leighsus) October 1, 2017
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VIDEO: Peaceful voters sing–and are then attacked by Spanish police in today's independence referendum #Catalonia pic.twitter.com/R5b3sPlx5x
— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) October 1, 2017
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The face of Spanish democracy today: masked government agents seize ballot boxes and abuse voters in #CatalanReferendum pic.twitter.com/WUcxYwH8SU
— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) October 1, 2017
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#CatalanReferendum en tarragona un herido es atacado yendo hacia la ambulancia pic.twitter.com/axfpj92bSW
— Ulldebou (@Ulldebou1) October 1, 2017
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Un @guardiacivil agredeix amb un cop de porra a un @mossos a Sant Joan de Vilatorrada quan anava a demanar explicacions als agents. pic.twitter.com/8WcrE4fZ3I
— SER CATALUNYA (@SERCatalunya) October 1, 2017
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Catalan firefighters defending voters from the Spanish police. Absolutely astonishing. pic.twitter.com/Gyb1qjN38J
— Owen Jones🌹 (@OwenJones84) October 1, 2017
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Catalan police try to protect citizens from brutal violence by Spanish military police. #cataloniareferendum #catalonia pic.twitter.com/nCkBzSlOjS
— Jaume Clotet (@jaumeclotet) October 1, 2017
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2) Un ferit. De fons, els trets de la Policia Nacional. #CatalanReferendum pic.twitter.com/snqEI9hxV3
— Àlex Tort (@alextortsagues) October 1, 2017
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EU parliament Brexit chief, Guy Verhofstadt, condemned what happened today in Catalonia:
I don’t want to interfere in the domestic issues of Spain but I absolutely condemn what happened today in Catalonia.
Nicola Sturgeon, the current First Minister of Scotland and leader of the Scottish National Party, had this to add:
2/2 and call on Spain to change course before someone is seriously hurt. Let people vote peacefully.
— Nicola Sturgeon (@NicolaSturgeon) October 1, 2017
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