Barcelona pays homage to victims on fourth anniversary of Las Ramblas attack
22 August 2021 |
12:58 pm
A ceremony takes place on the same street in the heart of Barcelona where a van ploughed over dozens of people in 2017, leaving 16 dead and 140 injured. Two of the attack's perpetrators were sentenced to 53 and 46 years in prison earlier this year.
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