Spain's Guardia Civil police detaine a senior Catalan official

     Spain's Guardia Civil police have detained a senior Catalan official and raided regional government ministries involved in organising a banned independence vote.

Tensions were already high before the arrest of Josep Maria Jové, secretary-general of the Catalan vice presidency.

   Catalan leaders are defying a court order to halt the vote, condemned by the Madrid government as illegal.
   One official called for peaceful resistance to protect the buildings. The economy, foreign affairs and presidency buildings were all targeted earlier today, 11 days before the referendum.
   The detained official's boss, Catalan Vice-President Oriol Junqueras, accused Spanish police of attacking the region's institutions and therefore its citizens too.
   Meanwhile, the Catalan government is trying to organise the 1 October referendum, in the face of determined resistance by the national government to prevent it going ahead.