Spanish police clash with thousands of Catalan protesters in Barcelona

Police charge 10,000-strong crowd as pro-independence demonstration turns violent Spanish police and militant elements in a thousands-strong crowd of protesters clashed in the streets of Barcelona close to police headquarters late on Saturday, as a pro-independence demonstration by a direct action group turned violent. After a largely peaceful gathering of an estimated 350,000 pro-independence supporters jammed the centre of the city earlier in the day, a second crowd began to form around Barcel...