Police in Barcelona clash with protesting Catalan separatists
Police in Barcelona have briefly clashed with Catalan separatists who are protesting a rally by Spain's national police forces in the Mediterranean city.
Catalan regional police used batons to drive back a group of separatists in the city center on Saturday, stopping them from advancing toward a march by an association of Spain's national police forces demanding higher pay.
Separatists resent the national police for using violence against voters in the unauthorized Catalan independence referendum that took place on October 1, 2017.
In September, a similar protest by separatists of another march by the same national police association ended in clashes with regional security forces. The violent run-ins left 14 people injured and six arrests.
Spain has been mired in a political crisis since last year, when Catalonia's separatist lawmakers failed in a breakaway bid. Polls and recent elections show that the wealthy northeastern region's 7.5 million residents are roughly equally divided by the secession question.
(Source: AP)
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