Spanish Police Storm Polling Stations to Block Catalan Vote

Officers remove ballot boxes from locations in Barcelona

By: Esteban Duarte & Maria Tadeo

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Civil Guard officers clash with members of the public outside a polling station in Sant Julia de Ramis on Oct. 1.Photographer: Angel Navarrete/Bloomberg
Spanish police in riot gear smashed in the doors of polling stations and dragged protesters away by the hair, beating some with batons and firing rubber bullets at others on Sunday as they tried to shut down an illegal referendum on independence in Catalonia.

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