The parliament on Catalonia on Friday declared independence, leading the Spanish government to impose direct rule over the region, stripping the region of its autonomy less than an hour after the independence announcement, Reuters reports.
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy called for calm and said the rule of law would be restored in Catalonia, as crowd of more than 2,000 independence supporters gathered in the Ciutadella Park outside the regional parliament in Barcelona, shouting "Liberty" in Catalan and singing traditional songs as the independence vote went through.
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