'One inch from CIVIL WAR' Spanish officers ATTACK Catalan police amid explosive unrest

Spanish police have been filmed attacking Catalan
police officers for getting in the way of their heavy-
handed crackdown of the independence vote.
In shocking scenes, members of the Catalan police
force, the Mossos, confront the Spanish Civil Guard
who are hitting voters with batons.
The Catalan law enforcers urged the Spanish police,
who arrived in the region ahead of the vote, to calm
down.
However, the Spanish officers reacted by attacking
the Catalan forces.
The tense scuffle between the two police forces
shows how deeply divided Spain is over the
referendum.
Spanish police have been filmed attacking Catalan
police officers for getting in the way
Catalan police desperately trying to defend voters from
the Spanish police
Scenes at the Catalan
independence referendum
Sun, October 1, 2017
Scenes at the Catalan independence referendum
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The Spanish central government has deemed the
referendum "illegal" and urged locals to put an end to
the "farce".
However, brutal footage of Spanish police officers
stomping on voters and firing rubber bullets into
unarmed crowds have gone viral.
Catalan department of health said 465 people have
been treated following clashes with violent Spanish
police officers today.
In one encounter with the Civil Guard, which is Spain’s
military law enforcement agency, sees Catalan police
desperately trying to defend voters from the Spanish
police.
Other footage reveals the Spanish Civil Guard hitting
crowds of local firemen, who had formed a human
chain to shield unarmed voters from violence.
Members of the Catalan police force, the Mossos,
confront the Spanish Civil Guard
Catalan department of health said 465 people have
been treated
Following the filmed confrontation, the Civil Guard
launched an astonishing attack on social media
against Catalan’s local police forc e over their response
to the referendum.
They captioned footage of the Mossos standing up to
the Civil Guard: "Some seem to be unclear. Shameful."
Another post accused Mossos of ignoring the Spanish
court order to halt the referendum, preferring to eat a
sandwich instead.
One user on Twitter said: "Catalan police is now
defending voters from Spanish police. That's one inch
from a civil war."
The Civil Guard has shut down 92 "illegal voting
centres" across Catalonia.

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