Catalan referendum: How many people were really injured during the Catalan referendum? | In English | EL PAiS

6.10.17

Catalan referendum: How many people were really injured during the Catalan referendum? | In English | EL PAiS: There is no doubt that there were injuries as a result of the National Police and the Civil Guard’s actions. The pictures prove it. But according to Doctors Without Borders, which cites international humanitarian law, the injured are “people in uniform or civilians who need medical attention because they are suffering from trauma, illness, or other physical or mental disorder.” It is important to turn to international legal organizations and frameworks for definitions, now that the secessionists are appealing to the same sources to definitively break with the rest of the country.

Is it possible that these 893 people were suffering from trauma or illness? On several occasions throughout Sunday, the official Twitter account for the Catalan Health Department reported that “mostly what was attended to were bruises, dizzy spells and anxiety attacks.”