Violent clashes erupt for a second night in Barcelona between police and protesters angry about the conviction of a dozen Catalan separatist leaders
Protester clash with Catalan regional police 'Mossos D'Esquadra' officers during a protest in Barcelona on October 15, 2019, as Catalonia geared up for more upheaval a day after thousands of pro-independence activists stormed Barcelona airport in an angry response to Spain's jailing of nine of its leaders following a failed secession bid.
"it is evident that what we're facing is not a peaceful movement but one orchestrated by groups using street violence to destroy co-existence in Catalonia," the government said in a statement.Several roads were cut across the northeastern region, including the AP-7 which links Barcelona to France, local officials said.
Although life was slowly returning to normal at the airport after a night in which hundreds of people were stranded at the terminal, another 45 flights were cancelled on Tuesday morning, Spanish airport authority AENA said. Catalan separatists were enraged by the Supreme Court's decision on Monday to hand heavy prison sentences of between nine and 13 years to leaders convicted of sedition over the 2017 referendum and short-lived declaration of independence.
Many people took the day off to join the protests, heeding widespread calls on social media to "Turn Catalonia into the new Hong Kong" and raise international awareness of the crisis in this wealthy northeastern region of Spain. Hong Kong has been rattled by weeks of pro-democracy street protests. Spanish Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska said investigators were trying to identify those behind Democratic Tsunami.
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