Relatives place flowers in memory of victims of the twin Islamist attacks on the Catalan capital and the coastal town of Cambrils that killed 16 people, during a ceremony to mark the first anniversary of the attacks at Las Ramblas, central Barcelona, Spain, August 17, 2018. REUTERS/Albert Salame
BARCELONA (Reuters) - Barcelona paid tribute on Friday to the victims of a jihadist militant rampage last year which killed 16 people, against a backdrop of simmering resentment over Madrid's treatment of a drive for independence for the surrounding region of Catalonia.
On Aug. 17 2017, a young man drove a rented van into crowds on a central boulevard, killing 14 and injuring over a hundred in Spain's worst attack in over a decade. Another man died during the attacker's getaway, and a woman was killed in a strike the following day in the coastal resort of Cambrils.
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