Senior official speaks out after seeing images of police intervention but says Catalan president Carles Puigdemont and his government are to blame The Spanish government has apologised for the policing of Sunday’s independence referendum but said the region’s political leaders were to blame for going ahead with the vote.The comments from Enric Millo, the government’s most senior representative in Catalonia, were the first apology from a Spanish government official over the violence. The Catalan government says hundreds of people were injured after Spanish police attempted to stop the vote by raiding polling stations, beating voters and firing rubber bullets at crowds. Continue reading…
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