Spain has been a model of solidarity in the three days since the terror attacks that killed 14 people in Barcelona and Cabrils. More than 1,500 people packed the church, while nearby Las Ramblas continued to be a focus for grief and resistance. But behind the solidarity, Spain’s national cohesion faces more stresses than in most European countries. Police, who are investigating what they now say was a plot to launch a huge terror attack, are trying to establish whether the imam died in a gas explosion that destroyed a house last Wednesday. There are plenty of people, not just in the darker corners of social media, who believe there is a link between terror and refugees.

Source: The Guardian August 20, 2017 18:56 UTC