Hundreds of pro-independence protesters in Spain have taken to the streets of Barcelona for a seventh successive night with anger over the jailing of Catalan separatist leaders showing little sign of abating, Al Jazeera reports.
One large crowd blocked a road close to the Spanish government headquarters in Catalonia on Sunday, throwing dozens of sacks of rubbish in front of stationary police vans. A smaller group shut off a major avenue to the east of the city.
However, there was no sign of the violence that has shaken Barcelona in recent days, particularly on Friday, when masked youths set fire to hundreds of rubbish bins and hurled rocks, stones and bottles at security forces.
"We are people of peace," said a sign held up by demonstrators on Meridiana Avenue.
Acting Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska told reporters earlier in the day that 288 police officers had been hurt in the clashes, 267 police vehicles damaged and 194 people arrested. Several hundred protesters were also hurt.
"The riots are diminishing, but we are ...
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