Protesters have blocked roads, public transport have also slowed to a crawl & FC Barcelona refused to train on Tuesday as Catalonia observed a general strike over police violence at a disqualified weekend independence referendum. 

The Port of Barcelona reduced services to a minimum, & protesters stood on roads & highways across Catalonia, blocking traffic.

Catalan pro-separatist trade unions, schools & cultural institutions called for the general strike to "Vigorously condemn" the police response to the Sunday poll, in which regional authorities confirmed over ninety people were injured.

Catalonia's leader said 90% of voters backed independence from Spain, but the central government has vowed to stop the well-to-do northeastern region - which accounts for a fifth of Spain's economy - from breaking away, dismissing the poll as a "sham".

Carmaker Seat said its 3 production lines were "Operating at their usual pace," a company spokeswoman told AFP. Violent scenes played out in towns & cities across Catalonia on Sunday as riot police moved in on polling stations to stop people from casting their ballots, in some cases charging with batons & firing rubber bullets to disperse crowds.

Puigdemont has requested for international mediation to help solve the crisis & called for police deployed to Catalonia from other parts of Spain for the vote to be removed.

The regional government said 2.26 million people took part in the poll, or just over 42% of the electorate.