Catalonia wins 'right to become an independent state' following police raids that injured over 800 people

Latest: Catalonia "has won the right to become an independent state", the Spanish region's leader Carles Puigdemont said.

Update 10.03pm: Catalonia "has won the right to become an independent state", the Spanish region's leader Carles Puigdemont said.

Speaking on television from Barcelona after polling stations had closed, Mr Puigdemont said "today the Spanish state wrote another shameful page in its history with Catalonia".