2 Oct, 2017 @ 15:17
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Almost 1,000 people injured in Catalunya referendum crackdown

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ALMOST 1,000 people were injured while trying to vote in the Catalunya referendum yesterday. 

According to the Catalan health service, 893 people received medical attention as a result of injuries sustained during clashes with police.

Four of those people were seriously injured but stable.

The staggering figure is more than double the amount of civilians and police injured in the 2010 and 2011 protests in Greece combined.

Both anti-austerity protests happened over several months and saw around 400 injuries.

Meanwhile, Catalan leader Carles Puigedemont has said 90% of Sunday’s vote favours independence, and has promised official results within a few days.

 

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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