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Spain Remembers Terror Attacks That Killed 16 in Catalonia

by Associated Press

   BARCELONA, SPAIN --

   Spain's King Felipe VI and Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez are among
   hundreds of people attending ceremonies in Barcelona to mark the first
   anniversary of terror attacks that killed 16 people.

   The commemorations began Friday with a flower-laying ceremony on the
   Catalan capital's famed Las Ramblas promenade, where a van mowed down
   scores of pedestrians.

   The monarch and Queen Letizia, families of the victims, and national
   and local political leaders were among those attending the events.

   The van killed 14 and another victim was fatally stabbed in the
   Barcelona attack.

   Another person died of stab wounds in a separate attack the next day in
   nearby Cambrils.

   The attacks were claimed by the Islamic State group.

   Spanish authorities say they dismantled the cell, with its members
   either dead or arrested.