On the afternoon of 17 August 2017, 22-year-old Younes Abouyaaqoub drove a van into pedestrians on La Rambla street in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain killing 13 people and injuring at least 130 others, one of whom died 10 days later on 27 August. Abouyaaqoub fled the attack on foot, then killed another person in order to steal the victim's car to make his escape.
La Rambla, the site of the van attack; pictured in 2011
"Paviment Miró" - where the van stopped after the attack in Las Ramblas
The King of Spain going to lay a wreath with the President of Catalonia and the Mayor of Barcelona
The Brazilian National Congress building was illuminated in the Spanish flag to show solidarity
La Rambla is considered the most well known street in central Barcelona. A tree-lined pedestrian street, it stretches for 1.2 kilometres connecting the Plaça de Catalunya in its center with the Christopher Columbus Monument at Port Vell. La Rambla forms the boundary between the neighbourhoods of the Barri Gòtic to the east and the El Raval to the west.
View over the Rambla from the Christopher Columbus monument, with the neighbourhoods of El Raval to the left and Barri Gòtic to the right
La Rambla in 1905
Flower shop on La Rambla
Pavement mosaic by Joan Miró on La Rambla
