Understandably tensions were high in Barcelona in the wake of the terror attack in August 2017 that killed fifteen people. But one Muslim man, in a bid to defuse the situation and show that love will always win over anger, was filmed offering free hugs to strangers on Las Ramblas, the scene of the atrocity.
In a touching video posted to social media, the unnamed man can be seen standing close to the spot in central Barcelona where a van drove into a crowd of people, killing 15 and injuring over a hundred more on a busy Thursday afternoon during the height of summer. The clip was filmed on the Sunday after the attack, only three days later, and the man can be seen standing with a sign next to him that reads, ‘I am Muslim, I am not terrorist, I share out love and peace hugs.’
