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Al Jazeera: Spain unites for 500,000-strong Barcelona march

By Al Jazeera.

Published Aug. 27, 2017 at 11:05 am

People hold placards and Catalan flags during a march against terrorism which slogan is #NoTincPor (I'm Not Afraid) in Barcelona on Aug. 26, following the Barcelona and Cambrils attacks that killed 15 people and injuring over 100. Tens of thousands of Spaniards and foreigners stage a defiant march against terror through Barcelona on Aug. 26 following last week's deadly vehicle rampages. The Mediterranean city is in mourning after a van ploughed into crowds on Las Ramblas boulevard on Aug. 17, followed hours later by a car attack in the seaside town of Cambrils.

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About 500,000 people have marched in Barcelona in a huge public rejection of violence following a recent deadly attack in the Spanish city, chanting: “I’m not afraid.”

Spain’s central, regional and local authorities tried to send an image of unity on Saturday by walking behind emergency workers, taxi drivers, police and ordinary citizens who helped immediately after the attack on August 17 in Barcelona’s Las Ramblas boulevard.