(AFP) Barcelona staged a low-key ceremony on Tuesday in memory of the 16 people who died during attacks in the Spanish city and a nearby resort four years ago.
Wearing face masks and maintaining social distance because of the pandemic, dozens of people observed a minute’s silence on the tree-lined Las Ramblas boulevard where on August 17, 2017, a van mowed down pedestrians leaving behind a trail of bodies.
Relatives of the victims laid white carnations in front of a memorial plaque which marks the spot where the van came to a stop.
Among those in attendance was the president of the regional government of Catalonia, Pere Aragones, and Barcelona mayor Ada Colau.
