1 Oct, 2017 @ 11:08
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Reports of police brutality at Catalunya referendum as photos of bloodied locals emerge

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WITNESSES in Catalunya have reported excessive use of force by police.

According to Sky News, police used their batons to attack residents who were sitting peacefully outside polling stations.

It comes after cops used rubber bullets to fire at would-be voters in the controversial independence referendum.

Large bangs rang out as the projectiles were launched at crowds, sending people running and screaming.

Locals retaliated by throwing barricades at the authorities.

Now photos have emerged of alleged victims of the violence.

One image shows a man covered in blood as he is being walked away by police while another woman is also bloodied.

More to follow…

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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