Barcelona: Spanish officials said on Wednesday that police arrested 21 people with links to the Catalan separatist movement on suspicion of corruption and promoting public disorder.

Spain’s Interior Ministry said in a statement that the arrests took place during 31 police raids in the Catalonia region cities of Barcelona and Girona.

A man holding an "estelada" or independence flag waits for a protest to condemn a police raid on Catalan separatists in Barcelona, Spain.

A man holding an “estelada” or independence flag waits for a protest to condemn a police raid on Catalan separatists in Barcelona, Spain.Credit:AP

The ministry said the arrested individuals were being investigated for alleged embezzlement, prevarication and…



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