27 April 2024,   00:00
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Barcelona Airport cancels over 100 flights due protests

More than 100 flights have been cancelled after violent clashes erupted between pro-Catalan independence protestors and police at Barcelona’s El Prat Airport.

Metro and train access to Barcelona’s El Prat airport were briefly suspended over separatist protests after Spain’s Supreme Court sentenced nine independence leaders to years in jail.
Both the metro and train have now resumed, the train operator and local police said.
It came after a Spanish court handed lengthy prison sentences to Catalunya’s former separatist leaders, sparking anger across much of the region and further afield.
Spain’s Supreme Court sentenced nine of those on trial to between nine and 13 years in prison for their role in the illegal independence referendum in 2017.

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