Spain is facing a political and constitutional crisis after Catalans voted in favor of independence in a contested referendum that descended into chaos when police launched a widespread and violent crackdown.
The Catalan government said it had earned the right to split from Spain after results showed 90% of those who voted were in favor of a split.
But amid an unexpectedly harsh response from Spanish police, turnout was only around 42%. The Catalan health ministry said 893 people were injured in the clashes Sunday as riot police raided polling stations, dragged away voters and fired rubber bullets.
The Catalan President Carles Puigdemont denounced the police crackdown as the worst violence Catalonia had seen since the military dictatorship of Francisco Franco, and demanded the withdrawal of Spanish national forces from the region.
Same thing happened in Kosovo from 28th Febreuary 1998s to 2000s.
Everything started when yougoslavia attacked some villages in Kosovo. The war was held by Federal forces of Yougoslavia(in that time , from Serbia and Montenegro) and UÇK with help of air forces from NATO (from 24 March 1999). In this war there were 800.000 citizens expelled, 15.000 killed , from them 2,400 soldiers of UÇK.
Photos of genocid in Kosovo from Serbia .
Photos were taken back in 1998.
There is so much to talk about our history but i think this is enough.
My point is that we have the same history with Catalonia, that we wanted to split from Serbia(Yougoslavia) and the same is happening with Catalonia wanting to split from Spain. But Catalonia is much stronger than our country was and i hope that they will succeed.