Regional Strike shuts down activities in Catalonia despite warnings from Spanish King
- Regional Strike shuts down activities in Catalonia despite warnings from Spanish King.
- Catalan President supports the strike and protest.
- Around 900 people were injured following the high handedness of the Police who tried to stop the referendum votes.
Thousands of people gathered in Barcelona over the weekend to protest against the Police's use of excessive force during the independence referrendum votes which held last weekend.
This renewed protest follows a call by Catalan trade unions for a region-wide strike in condemnation of the actions of the Police which saw around 900 people injured.
In the City of Barcelona which is the region's capital, transport services were completely shut down throughout Tuesday.
Carles Puigdemont, president of Catalonia's regional government, has offered his support to protesters.
"I am convinced this strike will be widely followed," he said on Tuesday.
"If the Madrid government thought it was going to be able to crush the referendum and crush the Catalans on Sunday in the way it did with the police, then they misjudged it badly."
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