For the third night running, protesters clashed violently with riot police in the Catalan capital on Wednesday night, torching cars and garbage bins, as they expressed their fury over the sentencing of nine Catalan separatist leaders to long jail terms over their role in a failed independence bid.
Distressing footage of a police van allegedly running over protesters in Tarragona is circulating on social media. The incident is yet to be confirmed by Spanish media.
The violence erupted on Monday just hours after Spain’s Supreme Court handed down the prison sentences to nine Catalan leaders for their role in the failed independence bid in 2017.
