Hundreds injured by Spanish police violence

The Catalan health ministry said 761 people were treated in hospitals and clinics, two of them seriously injured. According to the ministry, 335 people were hurt in Barcelona, 187 in Girona, 111 in Lleida, 55 in Terres de l’Ebre, 46 in Catalunya central and 26 in Tarragona. Spain’s interior ministry said 12 police officers had been hurt and three people arrested for disobedience and assaulting officers. However, Spanish prime minister Mariano Rajoy, speaking on Sunday night, said the government had done what it had had to do and thanked the police for acting with “firmness and serenity”.
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