Its 7am in singapore, midnight in london and one in the morning in catalonia in spain, where regional leaders say 90 of those who voted in a referendum were in favour of independence from spain. It was a day of voting that descended into chaos and violence. More than 800 people are reported to have been injured. The catalan president says the region has won the right to independence after its leaders defied Central Government and went ahead with the vote. Tom burridge reports from barcelona. This is how a vote turned ugly. Spanish National Police moving in to disrupt an independence referendum in catalonia which spains government considers illegal. People kicked and thrown. Women literally pulled by their hair out of polling stations. Across barcelona Violent Police raids to grab ballot boxes. Hundreds injured when they went to vote. One of the policemen took him by the head, took off his glasses and then he started to kick my dad here. The first one was here. He kicked here. They are
After a day of voting that descended into chaos and violence, regional leaders in catalonia say 90 of those who voted in a referendum were in favour of independence from spain. More than 800 people are reported to have been injured after violence at many polling stations. The Prime Minister, mariano rajoy, said the poll was illegal and that most people in catalonia did not want independence. From barcelona, tom burridge reports. This is how a vote turned ugly. Spanish National Police moving in to disrupt an independence referendum in catalonia which spains government considers illegal. People kicked and thrown. Women literally pulled by their hair out of polling stations. Across barcelona Violent Police raids to grab ballot boxes. Hundreds injured when they went to vote. One of the policemen take him from the head, take out his glasses and then he started to kick my dad here. The first one was here. He kicked here. They are mad, they are crazy. I am 79, maria teresa told me, i just wan
After a day of voting that descended into chaos and violence, regional leaders in catalonia say 90 of those who voted in a referendum were in favour of independence from spain. More than 800 people are reported to have been injured after violence at many polling stations. The Prime Minister, mariano rajoy, said the poll was illegal and that most people in catalonia did not want independence. From barcelona, tom burridge reports. This is how a vote turned ugly. Spanish National Police moving in to disrupt an independence referendum in catalonia, which spains government considers illegal. People kicked and thrown. Women literally pulled by their hair out of polling stations. Across barcelona, Violent Police raids to grab ballot boxes. Hundreds injured when they went to vote. One of the policemen take him from the head, take out the glasses and then he started to kick my dad here. The first one was here. He kicked here. They are mad, i dont know, they are crazy. I am 79, maria teresa told
90 of those who voted in a referendum were in favour of independence from spain. More than 800 people are reported to have been injured after violence at many polling stations. The Prime Minister, mariano rajoy, said the poll was illegal and that most people in catalonia did not want independence. From barcelona, tom burridge reports. This is how a vote turned ugly. Spanish National Police moving in to disrupt an independence referendum in catalonia, which spains government considers illegal. People kicked and thrown. Women literally pulled by their hair out of polling stations. Across barcelona, Violent Police raids to grab ballot boxes. Hundreds injured when they went to vote. One of the policemen take him from the head, take out the glasses and then he started to kick my dad here. The first one was here. He kicked here. They are mad, i dont know, they are crazy. I am 79, maria teresa told me, i just wanted to vote in peace. But it wasntjust in barcelona. This was the scene to the no
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