Images of the aftermath of the attack on Barcelona’s most famous street
on Thursday will stir different images in the minds of different people.
For those in France and the UK, they will be reminders of the attacks
on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice and on Westminster Bridge in London.
For many Spaniards, they will bring back memories of 11 March 2004, when 191 people were killed and more than 1,800 others injured in a series of train bombings in Madrid carried out by al-Qaida.
Older Spaniards will also remember Eta’s violent struggle for Basque independence, a failed campaign that killed more than 800 people in bombings and shootings over a period of decades.
But if the spectre of Eta has faded six years after the group began giving up its weapons – and 20 years after its murder of a young politician marked a turning point in Spanish society – the same cannot be said of the threat of cowardly radical Islamic terrorism
Read more: Barcelona and Cambrils attacks: why was Spain targeted by terrorists? | World news | The Guardian
For many Spaniards, they will bring back memories of 11 March 2004, when 191 people were killed and more than 1,800 others injured in a series of train bombings in Madrid carried out by al-Qaida.
Older Spaniards will also remember Eta’s violent struggle for Basque independence, a failed campaign that killed more than 800 people in bombings and shootings over a period of decades.
But if the spectre of Eta has faded six years after the group began giving up its weapons – and 20 years after its murder of a young politician marked a turning point in Spanish society – the same cannot be said of the threat of cowardly radical Islamic terrorism
Read more: Barcelona and Cambrils attacks: why was Spain targeted by terrorists? | World news | The Guardian
