Catalonia referendum: WATCH - Shocking moment Spanish police BRUTALLY attack crowd

The horrifying video shows members of the Spanish
riot police attacking protesters with batons during a
march against attempts to stop the Catalonia
independence referendum.
The footage shows the 17-strong police contingent
hitting people on the frontline as the rest of the crowd
raises their hands to try and placate the attack.
Protesters can then be heard chanting "murderers" as
they surround the officers.
The horrifying footage shows the police violently
battering voters during the Catalonia referendum
In a statement last night, the region’s president said
Catalans had won the right to form a sovereign state
in the landslide vote.
This comes after violent clashes between police and
protestors left 850 injured during the referendum,
which has been declared illegal by Madrid .
In a statement posted by Spain Report late last night,
First Minister Carles Puigdemont said: “The Catalan
government will transmit to the Catalan Parliament,
the seat and expression of the sovereignty of our
people, the results of the referendum so that it can
act according to that laid out in the referendum law.
"Catalonia has won sovereignty and respect and its
institutions have the duty to implement that result.”
Catalan government spokesman Jordi Turull announced
shortly after midnight on Sunday that 2,262,424 ballot
papers had been counted.
He said 2,020,144 of these were "yes" votes and just
176,565 were "no" votes.
The referendum – declared illegal by Spain's central
government – has thrown the country into its worst
constitutional crisis in decades and raised fears of
street violence as a test of will between Madrid and
Barcelona plays out.
Spanish riot police were deployed shortly before polling
stations opened, according to El Pais newspaper.
Elderly men and women have been carried by officers
away from the voting stations, with images of bloodied
pensioners appearing online.

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