Spain’s king leads homage after terror assaults
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GRIEF-STRICKEN Barcelona paid homage yesterday to the victims of two terror assaults at a mass in the city’s Sagrada Familia church.
King Felipe, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy and Catalonia’s President Carles Puigdemont led the ceremony mourning the 14 people killed by jihadists who used vehicles to mow down pedestrians in Barcelona’s Las Ramblas boulevard on Thursday and in the nearby seaside resort of Cambrils early on Friday.
“These have been days of tears, many tears,” said auxiliary bishop Sebastia Taltavull.
Outside the church, snipers were posted on rooftops surrounding the landmark building by Gaudi, while heavily armed police stood guard as hundreds gathered under gray skies.
Catalonia resident Teresa Rodriguez said she had turned up to pray for the victims. “What happened in Las Ramblas is really hard for us, we go for walks there often, it could have happened to me, my children or anyone. And here we are. It’s huge, huge.”
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