About nine people have been arrested by police and 46
injured as Catalonia independence protesters threw rocks at police on the night
of 'El Clasico' the much rivaled match between Barcelona and Real Madrid, which
had previously been postponed due to security fears.
As Barcelona played Real Madrid on Wednesday night at the
Camp Nou stadium, masked protesters carrying Catalan seperatist flags in
support of Catalonia independence from Spain, set bins on fire and threw glass
bottles and rocks at police, who responded with foam bullets in a street
outside the stadium.
The protesters, set
up barricades in the middle of the street, which they then set on fire after
police arrived in dozens of vans.
This is the first violent protest in Catalonia region since
October when Spain’s top court jailed nine Catalan separatist leaders over
their role in a failed 2017 bid for independence.
It should be noted that this classico match which ended 0-0
was supposed to be played in December but was postponed due to serious security
concerns and on Wednesday night thousands of Catalonia protesters could be seen
chanting "Independence" and "Free political prisoners"
The main goal of the protests is to get Spain's government
to negotiate on Catalonia's right to self-determination and independence from
Spain and to achieve freedom for the seperatists who were jailed.
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