People online have been sharing cat photos with the hashtag, #Barcelona.
The trend follows the attack in the spanish city which 13 people were killed and more than 100 injured.
The idea behind sharing the cute images is to one, filter through graphic images of the victims being shared from both the Las Ramblas rampage and a second attack in the coastal resort of Cambrils and two, distract suspects about ongoing police operations.
Help the police. Tweet a cat #Barcelona #Rambles pic.twitter.com/1pXmpCT5YK
— PoppyFresh (@poppyfresh_) August 17, 2017
Authorities asked sharing images be stopped. Cat photos being used to saturate hashtag #Barcelona & bury insensitive and traumatic images pic.twitter.com/y92ISBokfH
— Sairydust (@sairydust) August 17, 2017
Full twitter #Cambrils #Barcelona #StopTerrorism with kitten pics, no victims or policeman. Let athorities act! pic.twitter.com/ijuV1RolNl
— ɪʙᴏɴ ツ💙🤍 (@_xMEGGA) August 17, 2017
Nothing justifies terrorism. #Barcelona #stopterrorism #PrayforBarcelona pic.twitter.com/6ZwYgEpIv7
— Paf & Tika (@PafGreyCat) August 17, 2017
GINGER FLOWER CAT
— JoFukyolysergikarma (@Fukyolisergikar) August 18, 2017
Louis Wain #LasRamblas #Barcelona pic.twitter.com/9BKGV0wKOB