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'Hundreds Injured as Catalonia Votes'

01/10/2017 GMT

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The Spanish government had pledged to stop the poll

The Spanish government had pledged to stop the poll.

Barcelona's mayor said hundreds of people have been hurt as police used forced to try to stop the independence vote. Also: two dead in Marseille knife attack and Germans celebrate first gay marriage.

(Picture: Spanish police wrestle with voters outside a polling station.  Credit: Getty Images.)

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