Aug 17, 2017 A speeding white van plowed into pedestrians walking down Barcelona’s popular Las Ramblas boulevard, killing at least 13, in what police are treating as a “terrorist attack.” The drivers of the van mowed down dozens of people before fleeing on foot, according to El Pais newspaper. The Spanish newspaper, quoting unnamed police sources, reported the perpetrators of the crash are holed up in a bar on Tallers Street, near Las Ramblas. Thirteen people were killed in the crash, police confirmed, with dozens more injured. Police have described the incident as a “massive crash” and emergency services have warned people to stay away from the area, closing metro and train stations in the vicinity of the incident. Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said he is in contact with the authorities and that the priority for now was to attend to the wounded. Barcelona’s mayor said she was suspending her vacation to attend to the emergency. The U.S. issued an emergency advisory to all citizens in the city, advising them to let friends and family know of their whereabouts. In raw footage being shared on social media, people can be seen lying on the ground, awaiting medical attention from emergency medical personnel. In the last 12 months across Europe, there have been multiple incidents where vehicles have been used to drive into crowds of people, killing well over 100 people in Nice, Berlin, London, and Stockholm. Spoiler: NSFL
Aug 17, 2017 What is up with terrorists using vehicles as their weapon of choice. Every time i see the news, people getting ran over.
Aug 17, 2017 Yeah... He is full on Alt-Right now... His other tweets this morning were bashing Cuckservatives. He's already a lame duck and now he just wants to prove he is biggest racist a------ in the world.
Aug 17, 2017 It's effective and easy. I have a feeling this form of attack was inspired by this ancient old man driving through Santa Monica's Farmer's Market: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Monica_Farmers_Market_crash
Aug 17, 2017 I get that it's easy and effective. I just meant that it seems the media has made it a trendy way of being the most horrific way to commit a terrorist act. One moment it was all about reforming gun laws and protecting our right to bear arms, and i haven't heard a word about any of that with the last few terrorist attacks i've seen.
Aug 17, 2017 im from there. My mom was close when it happened, she is safe tho. She called me, i was like wtf. So many rumors are shared now, like more attacks will happen. Theres some shootouts apparently too
Aug 17, 2017 Do we know if it's ISIS, a random white dude or a random muslim? I f---ing hate this world. If he's white, people will say that he was mentally ill, but if he's muslim, it will cause even more violence in america between alt-right and liberals.
Aug 17, 2017 Update: News has reported that the man who rented the truck's identity is Driss Oukabir, but it's unknown as of this moment if he's the perpetrator or not http://abcnews.go.com/International/truck-hits-pedestrians-busy-barcelona-street/story?id=49272618 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/08/17/driss-oubakir-barcelona-suspect/
