BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Three straight days of clashes between protesters and police in Catalonia won’t provoke authorities into taking drastic measures, Spain’s caretaker prime minister Pedro Sánchez said Wednesday, as new riots rocked Barcelona.The Spanish government will respond with “firmness, calmness and unity” to the violence, Sánchez said in a televised address.As he spoke in Madrid, tens of thousands of protesters faced off against riot police in Barcelona, with some protesters setting up flaming barricades in the streets, torching cars and throwing stones, bottles and firecrackers at police.Police also reported clashes in Girona, a town near the French border.Violence first erupted in Catalonia after Spain’s Supreme Court on Monday handed nine separatist Catalan leaders lengthy prison sentences for their part in an October 2017 effort to achieve independence.The clashes have injured more than 200 people, including police, over the past three days. Police made 29 arrests on Tuesday.Many people in Catalonia have long fought for it to break away from Spain and become a new European country. Demonstrations have traditionally been peaceful, but not always.Protests on Wednesday followed the pattern of previous days as crowds gathered during the day to block roads and hold marches demanding independence. After sunset,… Read full this story
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