Police unions and political experts warned earlier that Spain’s government risks losing control of the north eastern region
It is considered Spain’s worst political crisis since an attempted military coup in 1981, which was defused by Felipe’s father, King Juan Carlos I.
Crowds in Barcelona on Tuesday yelled for national security forces to get out of the region, branding them “occupation forces” and raising their middle fingers at a police helicopter circling overhead.
Barcelona football club refused to train as part of a strike.
Officials said the strike slowed down public transport and paralysed freight shipments in the port of Barcelona.
It also closed down tourist sites such as the city’s emblematic Sagrada Familia Church.
Protesters rallied in the afternoon and a further demo started in the early evening, with demonstrators dancing in a central Barcelona avenue and beating drums in a carnival atmosphere.
“The streets will always be ours,” youngsters in the crowds yelled.
City police put the number of demonstrators at 700,000
Source: ( AFP
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