Pro-Spain protesters rally with police officers in Catalonia

Video. Pro-Spain protesters rally with police officers in Catalonia

In a show of solidarity with police, dozens of pro-Spain demonstrators gathered outside a hotel in the northeastern Catalan town Pineda de Mar on Tuesday (October 3) night, where Spanish police officers were staying. The crowd chanted pro-police slogans and waved Spanish flags as vans carrying Spanish police officers arrived at the hotel in the beach town. Catalan police ‘Mossos D’esquadra’ officers mounted security measures outside the hotel as the protesters demonstrated. Local authorities said hundreds were injured in a Spanish police crackdown on Sunday (October 1) during the independence referendum, declared unconstitutional by Madrid.

In a show of solidarity with police, dozens of pro-Spain demonstrators gathered outside a hotel in the northeastern Catalan town Pineda de Mar on Tuesday (October 3) night, where Spanish police officers were staying. The crowd chanted pro-police slogans and waved Spanish flags as vans carrying Spanish police officers arrived at the hotel in the beach town. Catalan police ‘Mossos D’esquadra’ officers mounted security measures outside the hotel as the protesters demonstrated. Local authorities said hundreds were injured in a Spanish police crackdown on Sunday (October 1) during the independence referendum, declared unconstitutional by Madrid.