Photos: Clashes as riot police crack down on banned Catalan vote

A person gives a carnation to Guardia Civil officers as firemen hold the people in front of Spanish Guardia Civil officers outside a polling station in San Julia de Ramis, on October 1, 2017, on the day of a referendum on independence for Catalonia banned by Madrid. (AFP Photo)

Updated on: Oct 01, 2017 10:47 PM IST

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A person gives a carnation to Guardia Civil officers as firemen hold the people in front of Spanish Guardia Civil officers outside a polling station in San Julia de Ramis, on October 1, 2017, on the day of a referendum on independence for Catalonia banned by Madrid. (AFP Photo)

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Firemen try to hold a group of people in front of Spanish Guardia Civil officers outside a polling station in San Julia de Ramis. (Lluis Gene/AFP Photo)

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Spanish Guardia Civil guards brake the door of a polling station in Sant Julia de Ramis, where Catalan president is supposed to vote. (Lluis Gene/AFP Photo)

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Spanish police officers immobilize two people outside a polling station in Barcelona, on October 1, 2017, on the day of a referendum on independence for Catalonia banned by Madrid. More than 5.3 million Catalans are called today to vote in a referendum on independence, surrounded by uncertainty over the intention of Spanish institutions to prevent this plebiscite banned by justice. (PAU BARRENA/AFP Photo)

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Barcelona's Lionel Messi passes Las Palmas goalkeper Leandro Chichizola before scoring his side's second goal during the Spanish La Liga soccer match between Barcelona and Las Palmas at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain. (MANU FERNANDEZ/AP PHOTO)

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People hold Andalusian during a demonstration in support of the referendum in Catalonia on October 01, 2017, in Granada. (JORGE GUERRERO/AFP Photo)

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Spanish policemen try to control people attending a demonstration in support of the referendum in Catalonia on October 01, 2017, in Granada. (JORGE GUERRERO/AFP Photo)

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Spanish Guardia Civil guards drag a man outside a polling station in Sant Julia de Ramis, where Catalan president was supposed to vote. (RAYMOND ROIG/AFP PHOTO)

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Members of the Spanish National Police stand guard during a protest against independence for Catalonia in Barcelona on October 1, 2017 during a referendum banned by Madrid. (PAU BARRENA/AFP PHOTO)

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People clash with Spanish Guardia Civil guards outside a polling station in Sant Julia de Ramis. (RAYMOND ROIG/AFP PHOTO)

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People, waving a Spanish flag, confronts demonstrators in support of the referendum in Catalonia on October 01, 2017, in Granada. (AFP Photo)

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A man raises his fist as he casts his ballot in a polling station in Barcelona. (AFP Photo)

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A woman holds a Spanish flag as she confronts demonstrators in support of the referendum in Catalonia on October 01, 2017, in Granada. (JORGE GUERRERO/AFP Photo)