On Thursday Spain suffered its worst terrorist attack in more than a decade when a man mowed a van into the crowds along Barcelona’s La Rambla — one of the country’s most famous thoroughfares. According to Catalonian police Mossos d’Esquadra, at least 13 people died while another 100 suffered injuries — many life-threatening.
“Terror will never stop Barcelona from being Barcelona,” the city’s mayor Ada Colau said hours after the attack. “We’re an open, welcoming and courageous city.”
Now, with the news that police foiled a second vehicular attack in the city of Cambrils, Eurovision stars are sending their condolences and love to the people of Barcelona and Spain more generally. You can read some of their thoughts below.
Barei — Spain 2016
Acabo de enterarme del atentado de Barcelona. Todo mi amor desde Bélgica. Espero que estéis todos bien por favor ???#FuerzaBarcelona
— BAREI (@BAREI_MUSIC) August 17, 2017
Edurne — Spain 2015
No tengo palabras… Todo mi amor y cariño a las familias afectadas, mi corazón está con Barcelona ??? pic.twitter.com/ic7Kcz5PuF
— Edurne (@Edurnity) August 17, 2017
Ruth Lorenzo — Spain 2014
Qué impotencia… ? Hoy más que nunca, unidos y llenos de fuerza… Mucha fuerza #Barcelona ?? #StopTerrorism
— Ruth Lorenzo (@RuthLorenzo) August 17, 2017
Manel Navarro — Spain 2017
Força #Barcelona pic.twitter.com/kl4ueZ8hL5
— Manel Navarro Music (@ManelNMusic) August 17, 2017
Pastora Soler — Spain 2012
Muy pendiente de lo que está ocurriendo en Barcelona.. mucha fuerza!!!!!!! ??
— Pastora Soler (@PastoraSoler) August 17, 2017
Daniel Diges — Spain 2010
Toda mi fuerza para #Barcelona! Unamos todas nuestras buenas energías. ??#todosconBarcelona pic.twitter.com/Ff9o1Hz9sv
— Daniel Diges (@DanielDiges) August 17, 2017
Soraya — Spain 2009
Barcelona ..?
Mi corazón está con vosotros ??— Soraya Arnelas (@SorayaArnelas) August 17, 2017
Anggun — France 2012
Dalal Midhat — Bosnia and Herzegovina 2016
Sakis Rouvas — Greece 2004 and 2009
Lena — Germany 2010 and 2011
Lucia Perez — Spain 2011
Qué horror en #Barcelona !Qué pena más grande!!!#fuerzabarcelona #paz
— Lucía Pérez (@LuciaPerezMusic) August 17, 2017
Julio Iglesias — Spain 1970
Mi queridísima Barcelona: Qué tristeza tan grande en esta ciudad maravillosa. Toda mi fuerza para ti.#Barcelona.
— JULIO IGLESIAS (@JulioIglesias) August 17, 2017
Rosa Lopez — Spain 2002
Todo mi amor con #Barcelona #QueElMiedoNoPuedaConNosotros
Mucha fuerza a las familias y a las víctimas pic.twitter.com/ull19JKJS3— Rosa López (@RosaLopez) August 17, 2017
Richard Herrey — Sweden 1984
Ännu en gång har liv släckts
Ännu en gång lemlästats
Mångas liv blir nu för evigt insvepta i sorg
Denna mörka meningslösa ondska#Barcelona— Richard Herrey (@RichardHerrey) August 17, 2017
Now also a terrorist attack in finland… Thanks merkel
Btw, large dutch media outlets don’t even call it a terrorist attack anymore. They just call it a “stabbing incident”
At that time it was not sure if it was a terrorist attack, now it’s confirmed that it was
My thoughts are with the people of Spain and Finland.
It’s horrible that there are so-called-“people” who are capable of such heinous acts. Terrorism cannot and should not be tolerated.
We should not pray for Barcelona, but for us all to be safe, because we are prey for radicals that were allowed to enter our beautiful continent. And we should pray that reason rains down on our politicians, because they all allowed it to happen. Blind humanitarians and neoliberal globalists make policies that make Europe dangerous and dark.
Tu europa es oscura y peligrosa, creo dos guerras devastadoras en dos siglos, por esa mentalidad
AfD September 24
#Prayforbarcelona #Prayforturku #prayforFinland
Here is currently a terrorist attack going on in Finland, Turku where I live. This is the first time in my life that I’m experiencing anything like this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rlz1PLR22o
Is Jordan a Muslim savage terrorist country? I thought they were fighting against the evil.
in order to understand the international law, and the Historical events , you can watch (and share) this video (it’s is in English)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6R1RCP-EWpo
Candles and Flowers, the best businesses to invest. Seems that Europe wants nothing more but to buy those two things.
“My heart is with you all”.
And so is mine.
Be strong, Barcelona.
Well, I was shocked to hear that but terror strikes here (Israel) almost everyday…
While it’s probably a tragedy in Barcelona and Spain that 13 people died……..only 1300 or something die in poorer nations in Asia and Africa …… Many of these are due to lack of opportunity to make a living for themselves and care for their family and ultimately serving as fertile breeding grounds for terrorists to be born!! Instead of pointlessly making Pray in Paris / Barcelona trend it would be more worthwhile for these nations to spend a little and help these poorer nations fight the seed of terrorism and thereby prevent attacks on their own soil too!!
They have no idea how to fight terrorism, and the didn’t wanted to do that until it touched them. They only want to fight presidents that prevent them from getting oil or precious stones.
I don’t understand the idea of RESISTING. If a woman says ‘I have a violent husband, but I’m proud of myself because I RESIST’, is this a good thing?