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Spanish Police Storm Government Buildings Trying To Stop Independence Referendum

• shtfplan.com by Mac Slavo

In the early morning hours, armed officers arrived at various Catalan ministries, including the economics department, foreign affairs department, and social affairs department, and made arrests in an effort to stop Catalan independence.

The Guardia Civil, which acts with the authority of Madrid's interior ministry, is searching for evidence regarding the planned October 1st referendum on Catalan independence, which Spain's Constitutional Court has declared illegal. The Catalan president has accused the Spanish government of effectively suspending the region's autonomy and declaring a de facto state of emergency.

Police officers raided Catalan government offices on Wednesday and arrested 12 senior officials in a bid to stop an independence referendum being held in less than two weeks' time.