Over 50 people arrested as protests continue over jailing of Catalan leaders

Riot police in Barcelona, who have been deployed in response to the protests. Image: Bernat Armangue/AP/Press Association Images Riot police in Barcelona, who have been deployed in response to the protests. Image: Bernat Armangue/AP/Press Association Images POLICE IN SPAIN said today that they arrested 51 people across Catalonia overnight after violent protests over the jailing of nine separatist leaders for their role in a failed 2017 independence bid.

When one man tried to put out the flames of a burning rubbish container with a fire extinguisher, masked protesters pushed him away, images broadcast on Spanish television showed.National and regional police arrested 29 people in the province of Barcelona, 14 in Tarragona province and eight in Lleida, according to Spain’s interior ministry.

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