On August 17, 2017, Catalonia suffered the worst terrorist attack since 1987. A jihadist cell attacked in Barcelona and Cambrils. In Barcelona's La Rambla a van ran over more than a hundred people over 500 meters, killing 14 people.
The city went into a state of shock and La Rambla became a place of pilgrimage to feel the support of thousands of citizens in a common mourning.