In Spain, at least 761 people were injured in clashes in Catalonia today amid the referendum on the region's independence from Spain. <br/><br/>Catalan emergency officials said that 761 people have been injured as police used force to try to block voting in Catalonia's independence referendum. <br/><br/>The Spanish government had pledged to stop a poll that was declared illegal by the country's constitutional court. Spanish riot police fired rubber bullets and forced their way into activist-held polling stations as thousands flooded the streets to vote in an independence referendum. <br/><br/>Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont condemned the action of federal police and said the unjustified use of violence by the Spanish state will not stop the will of the Catalan people. <br/>'<br/>Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy insists there has been no independence vote in Catalonia. In a television address after polls closed today in the northeastern region, PM said the great majority of Catalans did not follow the script of the secessionists.