38 people said hurt in police crackdown in Catalonia

Catalonia’s emergency services say they have treated 38 people who were injured in a police crackdown at polling stations for an independence referendum banned by Madrid.

Thirty-five people were lighty injured, while three others were “more seriously” hurt, they say on Twitter, adding that nine of the injured had to be taken to health centers.

People protest in front of Spanish police officers after the seizure of ballot-boxes in a polling station in Barcelona on the day of an independence referendum for Catalonia banned by Madrid, October 1, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / PAU BARRENA)

“The injuries were mostly bruises, dizziness and anxiety attacks,” they add.

— AFP

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