| Spanish police scuffle with a man outside a polling station for the banned independence referendum in Tarragona, Spain, |
More than 460 people have been injured in disturbances across Catalonia on Sunday, the Barcelona mayor said, as riot police clashed with people who had gathered for a banned referendum on the region’s independence from the rest of Spain.
“As mayor of Barcelona I demand an immediate end to police charges against the defenceless population,” Ada Colau said in a statement.
In a separate statement, the Catalan health service said 465 had been hurt, with two in serious condition in hospital.