Massive protests and violence broke out on Friday night in Barcelona, the capital of Catalonia. At that time, the radical Catalan separatists hurled rocks and fireworks at police, police also throwing tear gas and rubber bullets at them turning the city center into a battlefield — News AFP.
The situation worsened after a Spanish court jailed nine separatist leaders to charges of sedition for failing to call for independence two years ago and the protest is being continued for the fifth consecutive day in the capital of Catalonia.
