Strong attacks by police against protesters - Barcelona

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Two women sit with flowers while police forces attack demonstrators.

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Demonstrators face-off with police forces.

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A person cleans up trash from the demonstrators.

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A woman falls on the ground while police forces attack demonstrators.

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Chaos erupts when police forces attack demonstrators.

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Demonstrators and civilians yell at police while police forces attack demonstrators.

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An injured person is carried off by civilians.

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Chaos erupts when police forces attack demonstrators.

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Chaos erupts when police forces attack demonstrators.

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Chaos erupts when police forces attack demonstrators.

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People clean up after police forces attacked protesters.

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Demonstrators wave their hands at police forces.

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Demonstrators argue with police forces.

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Demonstrators argue with police forces.

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Demonstrators argue with police forces.

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People clean up after police forces attacked protesters.

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A man sits in a chair looking at the police forces who attacked demonstrators earlier.

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People clean up after police forces attacked protesters.

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Chaos erupts when police forces attack demonstrators.

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A police sits on a man laying on the ground.

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A man shows police his middle finger, while chaos erupts when police forces attack demonstrators.

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Chaos erupts when police forces attack demonstrators.

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Chaos erupts when police forces attack demonstrators.

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Chaos erupts when police forces attack demonstrators.

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Chaos erupts when police forces attack demonstrators.

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Catalan Police carried out extreme attacks on peaceful protesters in Plaza Cataluña. It was suposed to be just for cleaning, but the police attacked demonstrators with sticks and rubber bullets indiscriminately. Barcelona, Spain. 27th May 2011.

Today the Catalan police has attacked very hard against the peacful Indignados in Plaza Cataluña. It was suposed to be just for cleaning,but all the goods from the protest (computers, kitchens, food, tents, petrol, generators...) had been removed too.
As there was no cooperation from the Indignados to leave the square, the police has attacked indiscriminately to all these people that was in Plaza Cataluña and surroundings. They have hit hard with the stick against men, women and chiuldren, and shooted rubber bullets. One of this rubber bullets injured very seriously one woman, that is fighting against death in the hospital Clinic. The people has continued protesting peacfully. They have surrounded the poice in the square and made presure to expuls them out of the square.
Around 99 injured, only two of them police.