A Swiss supporter of Spanish nationalism, Françoys Meylan, has tried to disrupt an event held by the pro-independence Catalan National Assembly (ANC) in Bern. The ANC called a rally to demand that Spain release the Catalan political prisoners and to support the right to self-determination. There was dancing of the Catalan traditional dance, the sardana, and a percussion band also played, before speeches began. Then, in the middle of the event, Swiss police called Meylan to attention, as he had taken out a Spanish flag and, along with another man, was taking photographs of the ANC members without permission.
The ANC Switzerland had called local supporters to meet this Saturday at noon in the country's capital, Bern.
It isn't the first time that Meylan has tried to provoke independence supporters. On his personal twitter account he labels 1930s Catalan president Lluís Companys as a "murderer". Companys was himself murdered, by a Franco-era firing squad, in 1940.