- Barcelona. Images of the clashes in the night in the service of Renata Petillo
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October 27, 2019Four policemen were injured, including one seriously, in clashes between anti-riot agents and protesters gathered in front of the police headquarters in Via Laietana in Barcelona. Three arrested. In the afternoon, according to reports from the local police, 350,000 people poured into the streets of the Catalan capital to protest the rulings of the Spanish Supreme Court that condemned nine separatist leaders, guilty of having promoted the 2017 secessionist referendum 16 days ago , to sentences between 9 and 13 years in prison. The protests have so far cost about six hundred wounded and dozens of arrests, following the infiltration of violent groups in peaceful marches. Today a counter-procession is being promoted by the Catalan civil society that fights against secession from Spain.