FILE PHOTO: A protester waves an Estelada (Catalan separatist flag) during a demonstration outside the airport, after a verdict in a trial over a banned independence referendum,in Barcelona, Spain October 14, 2019. REUTERS/Jon Nazca/File Photo
MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish authorities are preparing for protests by supporters of Catalan independence on the eve of Spain's Nov. 10 general election that could turn violent, government and Socialist Party sources told Reuters.
The comments from two senior sources echoed a report in El Mundo newspaper that quoted police sources as saying plans were already in place to prevent protesters from trying to occupy polling stations.
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