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One dead, 49 Injured as Train Derails Near Barcelona

A commuter train carrying around 150 people has derailed outside the Spanish city of Barcelona this morning, killing one person and injuring at least 49, police said, quoted by rte.ie

A landslide triggered the crash between the northeastern towns of Terrassa and Manresa just after 6am (5am Irish time), a spokeswoman for train company Renfe said.

Catalonia Referendum: Spanish Raid on Unipost Deals Blow to Vote

Spanish police have discovered a mass of documents directly related to a banned Catalan independence referendum scheduled for 1 October, reported BBC. 

Early on Tuesday, the Guardia Civil arrived at offices of Spain's biggest private delivery company, Unipost, in the Catalan city of Terrassa.