Spanish parliament suspends jailed Catalan lawmakers


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  • Friday, 24 May 2019

FILE PHOTO: Jailed Catalan politicians Josep Rull, Jordi Sanchez and Jordi Turull leave after getting their parliamentary credentials at Spanish Parliament, in Madrid, Spain, May 20, 2019. REUTERS/Susana Vera/File Photo

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's lower house of parliament on Friday suspended four jailed separatist lawmakers who are on trial over their role in Catalonia's failed independence bid in 2017.

The four men were elected on April 28 in a national election that delivered a deeply fragmented parliament.

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