Thereve been scenes of violence and chaos on the streets of catalonia as it held an independence vote that the Spanish Government has declared illegal. Catalans Regional Government says 760 people have been injured in clashes with police who had tried to stop the ballot from taking place. Well, as polls were closing, and the counting of ballots about to begin, the spanish Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy, spoke out. His statement was uncompromising. He said people had been tricked into taking part in a band vote which was against democratic harmony, and defended the response of the authorities. Translation i want you to know that we did what we had to do. We are the Spanish Government and i am the leader of the Spanish Government, and i take my responsibility. We complied with our obligation, we acted by the principles of law, and only the law, and our democracy offers us records to defend ourselves against attacks as serious as the one they have tried to carry out with this illegal refer
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
1am in london and 2am 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. 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 mad, 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 north in gerona. Watch the blond
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