Catalonia referendum: 90% voted for independence, say officials – as it happened

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has spoken out against the violence in Catalonia for a second time today.

He has asked Theresa May to speak to the Spanish prime minister, Mariano Rajoy, about the crisis and try to end the police crackdown.

The Catalan health ministry has provided more details on the 465 people injured by police violence: 216 were hurt in Barcelona, 80 in Girona, 64 in Lleida, 53 in Terres de l’Ebre, 27 in Catalunya central and 25 in Tarragona.

The two most seriously injured are in hospitals in Barcelona.

The Spanish authorities and Catalan police have released further details on the number of polling stations they have closed down today.

• Spanish national police have closed down 46 in total (27 in Barcelona, six in Tarragona, six in Girona and seven in Lleida).
• The Guardia Civil have closed another 46 (14 in Barcelona, 12 in Tarragona, eight in Girona and 12 in Lleida).
• Catalan police, the Mossos, say they have closed 244 polling stations across Catalonia.
  
• In total, 336 polling stations have been closed down by local and national authorities.

To put these numbers in context, the Catalan government says more than 2,000 polling stations were set up across the province for the referendum. The majority remain open.

The tension between Spanish police forces continues in Catalonia. In Sant Joan de Vilatorrada, a municipality about 30 miles from Barcelona, Guardia Civil officers and Mossos agents were recorded pushing each other as the Guardia Civil raided a polling station.

The Labour party has released a statement on the events in Catalonia.

Emily Thornberry, the shadow foreign secretary, said:

Police violence in Catalonia today is shocking, and the Spanish government should take action to end it now. While we believe disputes over sovereignty should be resolved in accordance with rules and laws, and any referendum on these issues needs to be both democratic and fair, it is unacceptable for the Spanish authorities to overreact to today’s events through aggressive police action and the forcible closure of polling stations.

They must respect the right to peaceful protest, and all sides must strive to come together and reach a political solution to this constitutional crisis. Violence of any sort will simply worsen divisions, and make a resolution harder to reach.

Spain’s interior ministry has also provided an update on their operation to halt today’s independence referendum.

• 92 “illegal” voting centres have been closed by the national police and the Guardia Civil across Catalonia.
  
• Three people, including one girl, have been arrested for civil disobedience and attacking an officer.
  
• Nine police officers and three members of the Guardia Civil have been injured so far.
  

Catalan’s department of health has said 465 people have been treated across the province in relation to the violence.

A solidarity march with Catalonia is taking place outside the European Union offices in Edinburgh.

Many commentators are concerned about the EU’s response, which has said nothing on the disorder so far.

The Guardia Civil, Spain’s military law enforcement agency, has launched a social media attack on Catalan’s local police force, the Mossos, over their response to the referendum.

A heated standoff between the two forces has been posted on a Guardia Civil Twitter page with the caption: “Some seem to be unclear. Shameful.”

Another post accuses Mossos of ignoring the Spanish court order to halt the referendum, preferring to eat a sandwich instead.

1 Oct 201710.21 EDT

Afternoon summary

Patrick Greenfield

• Catalonia’s government says 337 people have been injured, some seriously, during a police crackdown on the independence referendum this Sunday.
• Nine police officers and two members of the Guardia Civil have been injured in the disorder, according to the Spanish interior ministry.
• The voting has been marred by a brutal police crackdown in which several instances of violence against voters have been recorded. Videos show police dragging voters from polling stations by their hair, unprovoked attacks on protesters and Spanish police attacking Catalan firefighters.
• There have been several calls for the Spanish prime minister, Mariano Rajoy, to resign over the police response from Catalan politicians and opposition MPs.
• Barcelona’s La Liga fixture against Las Palmas is being played behind closed doors as a result of the disorder.