Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont's capture sparks violent protests in Barcelona

In Barcelona, riot police shoved and struck protesters with batons to keep an angry crowd from advancing on the office of the Spanish government's representative.

A man stands in front of a burning trash container during a protest after the detention of deposed leader of Catalonia's pro-independence party Carles Puigdemont in Barcelona. | AP 

Pro-independence supporters gather near the Spanish government office in Barcelona. | AP

Demonstrators take railings to place on the ground in front of the police during a protest after the detention of deposed leader of Catalonia's pro-independence party Carles Puigdemont in Barcelona. | AP

Protestors throw garbage containers and metal barriers at a van of the Catalan Mossos d'Esquadra regional police backing the way of pro-independence supporters trying to reach the Spanish government office in Barcelona. | AP

A man sits on the ground holding his head as Catalan Mossos d'Esquadra regional police officers clash with pro-independence supporters trying to reach the Spanish government office in Barcelona. | AP

A man with a red plastic clown's nose stands in front of two Catalan Mossos d'Esquadra regional police officers in riot gear during a protest over the detention of deposed leader of Catalonia's pro-independence party Carles Puigdemont in Barcelona. | AP

A man kicks a police van during a protest after the detention of deposed leader of Catalonia's pro-independence party Carles Puigdemont in Barcelona. | AP

Catalan Mossos d'Esquadra regional police officers take position during a protest over the detention of deposed leader of Catalonia's pro-independence party Carles Puigdemont in Barcelona. | AP

A man holds a poster of Carles Puigdemont with the message 'Puigdemont, our president' in front of a Catalan Mossos d'Esquadra regional police officer during a protest over the detention of deposed leader of Catalonia's pro-independence party Carles Puigdemont in Barcelona. | AP

A man kicks a police van during a protest after the detention of deposed leader of Catalonia's pro-independence party Carles Puigdemont in Barcelona. | AP

Catalan Mossos d'Esquadra regional police officers clash with pro-independence supporters trying to reach the Spanish government office in Barcelona. | AP

Catalan Mossos d'Esquadra regional police officers clash with pro-independence supporters trying to reach the Spanish government office in Barcelona. | AP

A pro independence demonstrator holds up a Carles Puigdemont mask during a protest of the detention of deposed leader of Catalonia's pro-independence party Carles Puigdemont in Barcelona. | AP

Catalan Mossos d'Esquadra regional police officers block the way to protestors, holding pro-independence and republican flags, trying to reach the Spanish government office in Barcelona. | AP

Catalan Mossos d'Esquadra regional police officers clash with pro-independence supporters trying to reach the Spanish government office in Barcelona. | AP