Barcelona Van Attack

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(08-18-2017, 12:52 AM)Millhouse Wrote: Just saw on the AP that "Police say 5 suspects killed in Spanish resort town were carrying bomb belts and had run over civilians with car." Their police took them out. This just happened as a possible second attack was about to happen or was in progress.

Crazy, sympathies to all those effected by this.

Looks like the second terror attack had 6 civilians and 1 police officer hurt, and 5 terrorists dead. Here's an article about it:

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/barcelona-terror-police-shoot-out-after-second-possible-attack/ar-AAqgs5o?li=AAgfYrC&OCID=ansmsnnews11

Quote:Five suspected terrorists have been killed in a shoot-out with Spanish police as they carried out a similar vehicle attack to the one in Barcelona.


Special forces were deployed to the coastal town of Cambrils - just hours after a van ploughed into crowds in Barcelona's famous Las Ramblas boulevard in which 13 people were killed and at least 100 others injured.

Spanish state broadcaster RTVE reported that the suspects were wearing explosive belts, as police tweeted that the bomb squad was carrying out several controlled explosions.

The van who ploughed into the crowd, killing at least 13 people and injuring around 100 others is towed away from the Rambla in Barcelona.

At least three bodies could be seen on the ground in a separate video posted on social media.

Six civilians and a police officer were hurt during the operation, but it was unclear how they acquired their injuries.

Screams and police sirens could be heard in another clip filmed from inside a restaurant as diners ran for cover after hearing gunshots.

Catalan authorities urged local residents in a Twitter post to "stay home" and "stay safe".

Two people have been arrested over the Barcelona attack.


One has been named by police as Moroccan national Driss Oukabir, who was detained in the Catalan town of Ripoll, about 50 miles north of the Catalan capital.

A second suspect - a Spanish national from Melilla, a Spanish autonomous city on the north coast of Africa which shares a border with Morocco - was detained in Alcanar, where one person was killed another injured in the blast.


Islamic State said it was responsible for the attack, in a statement through its propaganda agency Amaq.

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