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Catalan separatists arrested in Spain over attack plot

cde.news desk 23 September 2019, 13:56 · 1 min read

epa07863671 Civil Guard agents on guard at a residential area in Sant Fost de Campcentelle during one of several researches ordered by a judge of the Audiencia Nacional Number 6 Central Court in Barcelona, Spain, 23 September 2019. A total of nine pro-independence people, members of the so-called Committees for the Defense of the Republic (CDR), have been arrested on accusation of planning violent actions. EPA-EFE/ENRIC FONTCUBERTA EDITORS NOTE: FACES BLURRED BY SOURCE IN ACCORDANCE TO SPANISH LAW

Spanish police say they have arrested nine people suspected of planning a series of violent attacks for the anniversary of a divisive referendum.

The suspects are described as Catalan separatists by police sources, who say they plotted to strike on 1 October.

That will be the second anniversary of a Catalan independence referendum declared illegal by Spanish courts.

The detainees belong to a group known as the Technical Response Teams and are seen as the most militant arm of the Committees for the Defence of the Republic (CDRs). The CDRs were created by Catalan separatists a month before the 2017 referendum to carry out its implementation.

Police raided 10 addresses in Barcelona, Sabadell and Santa Perpètua de Mogoda on Monday.

Via BBC

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