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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

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