FUNDACIÓN VÍCTIMAS DEL TERRORISMO 96 - ENGLISH

6 ANNIVERSARY OF THE BARCELONA ATTACKS NEWS On 17 August, Barcelona marked the ninth anniversary of the terrorist attac- ks of that date with a solemn tribute to the victims, held for the first time in Plaça Sant Jaume. The ceremony brought together institutional repre- sentatives, security forces, emergency services, relatives and survivors for an emotional day that once again focused on remembering those who lost their lives and on the need to continue su- pporting those affected beyond finan- cial compensation. This year’s traditional remembrance ce- remony took place in a different setting. Ongoing work on La Rambla meant that the event had to move from the area around Joan Miró’s mosaic, where the terrorist Younes Abouyaaqoub sto- pped the van with which he ran down dozens of people on 17 August 2017, to Plaça Sant Jaume, the institutional heart of the Catalan capital. Despite the change of location, the tribute retained the spirit of previous years. The attending officials took a discreet role, leaving centre stage to BARCELONA REMEMBERED THE VICTIMS OF THE 17 AUGUST ATTACKS IN A MOVING TRIBUTE ROOTED IN REMEMBRANCE those who continue to bear the conse- quences of that tragedy: survivors, rela- tives of those killed and people affected by terrorism. Representatives of other groups of victims of attacks committed in Spain joined them in a gesture of so- lidarity and shared remembrance. The event brought together many po- litical and institutional figures. Those attending included the President of the Parliament of Catalonia, Josep Rull; the Mayor of Barcelona, Jaume Collboni; the Spanish Government’s Represen- tative in Catalonia, Carlos Prieto; and