Half a million people storm streets of Barcelona in protests over terror attack

Central and regional local authorities put their differences aside as they gathered on the streets of Barcelona to protests against the recent wave of violence that has hit the city.

Reports say no less than 500,000-strong demonstrators marched in Barcelona in a huge public rejection of violence following a recent deadly attack in the Spanish city, chanting: “I’m not afraid.”

The lead marchers carried a street-wide banner with black capital letters reading “No Tinc Por,” which means “I’m not afraid” in the local Catalan language.

Read also: Spanish police gun down fugitive Barcelona attacker

Five days ago, 22-year-old Morrocan, Younes Abouyaaqoub, the prime suspect of the deadly car ramming incident which witnessed the killing of at least 14 people and injured more than 100 others in the bustling Las Ramblas area of Barcelona, was killed by Spanish police.

According to police, the suspect who was wearing what appeared to be an explosives belt was gunned down after security operatives were alerted to the presence of a suspicious man near Subirats, west of Barcelona.

 

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