Catalan referendum: 'Hundreds injured' in clashes

Catalan officials say at least 337 human beings have been injured in clashes as police try to prevent voting in catalonia's independence referendum.
The spanish government has pledged to forestall a poll that became declared unlawful with the aid of the united states's constitutional court docket.
Cops are preventing humans from vote casting, and seizing poll papers and bins at polling stations.
Inside the nearby capital barcelona, police used batons and fired rubber bullets during pro-referendum protests.
The latest injury toll was showed with the aid of a spokesman for the catalan nearby government, in addition to the region's health department.
One at a time, the spanish interior ministry said eleven police officers had been hurt.
At a press convention, spain's deputy high minister soraya saenz de santamaria stated police had "acted with professionalism and in a proportionate way".
Catalonia clashes: in pix
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Catalan chief carles puigdemont condemned the action of the country wide police and guardia civil, who had been sent into catalonia in big numbers to save you the vote from taking vicinity.
"the unjustified use of violence... By means of the spanish nation will now not forestall the need of the catalan people," he advised newshounds.
A female sits injured on a staircase as some other individual covers her head partly with a fabric, in barcelona, spain october 1, 2017image copyrightreuters
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This woman suffered a head damage in barcelona
Spanish indoors minister juan ignacio zoido blamed mr puigdemont for what he termed the day's senseless occasions.
And the guardia civil tweeted (in spanish) that it was "resisting harassment and provocation" while sporting out its responsibilities "in defence of the regulation".
One voter, júlia graell, told the bbc that "police started to kick people, young and old".
She introduced: "today, i have seen the worst movements that a government can do to the humans of its very own usa."


Media captionpolice use batons on a crowd in barcelona
The poll papers incorporate just one query: "do you need catalonia to grow to be an independent nation within the form of a republic?" there are  packing containers: yes or no.
Beforehand of the polls commencing, the catalan authorities stated electorate may want to print off their own poll papers and use any polling station if their distinct voting region changed into close.
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Spain's pass to halt catalan vote
In girona, rebellion police smashed their manner right into a polling station wherein mr puigdemont turned into because of vote.
Television footage confirmed them breaking the glass of the sports activities centre's entrance door and forcibly getting rid of those trying to vote.
But, mr puigdemont became nonetheless able to cast his poll at every other polling station.