The joke of a group of German tourists on the seafront of Platja d’Aro on the Costa Brava, spread terror and panic in the heart of the Spanish town. The massive event, known as flashmob, organized on social networks by the five young people between 20 and 25 years, brought together about 200 people with the aim to simulate the pursuit of a celebrity by fans and paparazzi.
the drill was mistaken for a terrorist attack such as the perpetrated on July 14 in Nice, which left 84 dead and caused a stampede of hundreds of people. Eleven of them had to be treated by medical services bruises, anxiety attacks and even an episode of tachycardia, reports the police in a statement.
In the first moments, they collapsed all emergency phone . “Only 112 attended more than a hundred calls from terrified people,” reports La Vanguardia.
A Twitter user identified on the network as Quique Gallemi, said that his parents, who were dining in a restaurant Platja d’Aro, fell to the ground and began to shelter under tables.
women who devised the flashmob were arrested, accused of crimes against public order. “There are things that do not support jokes,” they chided in his Twitter account the regional president of Catalonia, Carles Puigdemont.
Meanwhile, the mayor Pep Solé said in a radio interview that the city of Platja d’Aro arises take action against the German. “My intention and municipal government is that there are consequences to value this have to do it again,” he said.
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