Van Plows Into Barcelona Pedestrians In “Terrorist Attack” Killing Two; Armed Men Enter Restaurant
by Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge.com
Aug 17, 2017
Update: According to Reuters, two armed men have entered a restaurant after the van crash, while the Barclona police say the event is now considered a “terrorist attack.” Reuters also adds that at least two have been killed in the van crash.
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A “massive crash” has taken place in Barcelona, where a white van has ploughed into a crowd of “dozens of people” in the city’s center, at the main Rambla de Catalunya promenade, Spain’s La Vanguardia newspaper reports. Catalan emergency services said people should not go to the area around Placa Catalunya.
El Pais newspaper said the driver of the vehicle had fled on foot after mowing down dozens of people. While full details of the incident were not immediately clear, since July 2016 vehicles have been used to ram into crowds in a series of militant attacks across Europe, killing well over 100 people in Nice, Berlin, London and Stockholm. In recent weeks, threatening graffiti against tourists has appeared in Barcelona, which draws at least 11 million visitors a year.
In one video released under the slogan “tourism kills neighbourhoods”, several hooded individuals stopped a tourist bus in Barcelona, slashed the tyres and spray-painted the windscreen.
From Reuters:
BARCELONA POLICE CONFIRM THAT A “MASSIVE CRASH” FROM A VAN HAS OCCURRED IN THE CITY CENTRE
BARCELONA POLICE SAY ON TWITTER THERE ARE SEVERAL INJURED FROM VAN CRASH IN CITY CENTRE
CATALAN EMERGENCY SERVICES SAY ON TWITTER THERE IS AN INCIDENT ON PLACA CATALUNYA, PEOPLE SHOULD AVOID GOING TO AREA
As Vanguardia adds citing several sources, the driver appears to have run over a dozen people. The local police reported that there are “several injured”, without giving further details. Local emergency services say that police forces have evacuated the area, while several ambulances are attending to the injured.
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