Tens of thousands went on march against terror in Barcelona

In Spain in Barcelona on Saturday, a large -scale march was held against terrorism: the action in Barcelona gathered tens of thousands of participants. On the eve of a similar march was held in Cambrils, where the same group of terrorists tried to make a second collision with pedestrians, recalls EURONEWS .

The head of the government, Mariano Rahoy, urged fellow citizens to take the streets of the country and show love and solidarity to Catalans and Catalonia - to the region, which for many years leaves no attempt to separate from Spain. The Prime Minister also stated the need to restore national unity and cohesion in the fight against terrorism.

The procession, in which thousands of guests and residents of Barcelona participated, was headed by Raha, as well as the king of Spain Felipe, the head of the Government of Catalonia Carles Pupemon, the mayor of Barcelona Ada Kolau, as well as representatives of other political parties and public organizations, RIA Novosti reports.

Emergency employees, firefighters, police, doctors, store owners from Rambla Street, who covered passers -by on the day of the attack, also took place in the forefront of marching.

The manifestation was under the slogan No Tinc For ("I'm not afraid" in Catalon). It is dedicated to the memory of the victims of the attacks that occurred on August 17 in Catalonia. The initiators of the event were the authorities of Catalonia and the City Hall of Barcelona.

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On the afternoon of August 17, the autofurgon drove into the crowd of people in the area of ​​the Rambla pedestrian Street in Barcelona. Responsibility for the attack took the Islamic State terrorist group*. Later on the same day, the second incident occurred in Cambrils 120 kilometers from Barcelona. According to official figures, 15 people were killed as a result of terrorist attacks in Spain, 130 were injured.

According to law enforcement officers, 12 people included 12 people. Four of them were arrested, five were destroyed after a terrorist attack in Cambrilis. Two more, including the main organizer of the attacks of Abdelbaki Es-Sati, died on the eve of the attacks during an explosion in a house in Alcanar, where terrorists were preparing bombs. The driver of the van, who hit the crowd in Barcelona, ​​the 22-year-old Moroccan of Junius Abuyakub was liquidated during a special operation in Sibramits on August 21.