https://youtu.be/unHt8oMDrK0 Police are now probing the second car attack in Spain, in Cambrils, a city 120 kilometres south of Barcelona, where an Audi A3 car hit pedestrians, injuring six civilians — one of them in a critical condition — and one police officer. Police shot dead four of the Cambrils attackers and a fifth later died of his injuries, according to the government of the Spanish region of Catalonia where both Barcelona and Cambrils are […]
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News in photos: The “killer van” that took 13 lives in Barcelona
Spain seaside city attacks: What we know
At least 13 people were killed and more than 100 others injured after drivers slammed into pedestrians in two quick-succession, separate attacks on Barcelona’s most popular street and in another busy Spanish seaside city. What happened? Around 4:50 pm (1450 GMT) on Thursday, a vehicle ploughed into a crowd of pedestrians on the famous Las Ramblas boulevard in Barcelona. The promenade in the heart of the city centre is one of Barcelona’s busiest streets, normally […]
Updated: Seven injured in second Spain car rampage; police shoots 5 attackers inside car
CAMBRILS, Spain (AFP) — Seven people were hurt when “alleged terrorists” drove into pedestrians in the Spanish seaside resort of Cambrils early Friday before being shot dead by security forces, just hours after a similar attack in nearby Barcelona. The Audi A3 car rammed into people on the seaside promenade of the tourist city 120 kilometers south of Barcelona, where a van had earlier sped into a street packed full of tourists, killing 13 people […]
PHL condemns deadly Barcelona van attack
(Eagle News) — The Philippines joined the international community in condemning the terrorist attack in Barcelona on Thursday that left at least 13 people dead and injured more than 100 others including two Irish citizens of Filipino descent. Malacanang and the Department of Foreign Affairs issued separate statements condemning the attack. “Our hearts and prayers go out to the families and loved ones of the innocent victims who perished and those who got injured […]
Two Filipinos injured in deadly Barcelona van attack, says PHL consul
(Eagle News) – Two Filipinos have been injured in the deadly van attack in Barcelona, according to the country’s Consul General in Spain. Dr. Emmanuel Fernandez, the Deputy Chief of Mission and Consul General on the Philippines in Spain, did not identify the two Filipinos who were injured but said that they were a Filipino father and his child who just visited Barcelona, with the rest of their family. Fernandez however stressed that there […]
Catalonia police confirms arrest of suspect in deadly van attack that killed 13; IS claims responsibility
Police authorities from Spain’s Catalonia region said it has arrested a man in the Barcelona van attack and is “treating him as a terrorist”, denying earlier reports that the police has a suspect cornered in a local bar. This came about as the Islamist State’s Amaq news agency claimed the attack that killed at least 13 people. Spain’s royal palace has condemned the deadly van attack in Barcelona, calling the perpetrators “assassins, simply […]
UPDATED: 13 dead in Barcelona van carnage; driver at large
by Daniel Bosque with Marianne Barriaux in Madrid A van driver ploughed into crowds of pedestrians on Barcelona’s most popular street in broad daylight on Thursday, killing 13 people in an attack claimed by the Islamic State jihadist group. Police announced the arrest of two suspects, identified as a Spaniard and a Moroccan, but said the driver was still on the run. Witnesses told of scenes of chaos and horror, with bodies strewn along the […]
World voices solidarity with Spain after terror attack
BARCELONA, United States (AFP) — Spanish and world leaders on Thursday condemned the Barcelona van attack, expressing outrage and solidarity with the victims. Spain The Spanish royal family issued an unusually strongly-worded statement: They are assassins, criminals who won’t terrorize us. All of Spain is Barcelona.” FC Barcelona said it was “deeply saddened” by the tragedy and the team’s talismanic striker Lionel Messi said separately that people must reject “any act of violence.” “There are […]
Driver in Barcelona van attack still on the run: police
BARCELONA, Spain (AFP) — The driver of a van that mowed into a packed street in Barcelona, killing at least 13 people, is still on the run, Spanish police said Thursday. Josep Lluis Trapero of the regional police of Catalonia, where the popular seaside city is located, told reporters that two other people suspected of being involved in Thursday’s terror attack had been arrested — a Spaniard and a Moroccan. © Agence France-Presse
Barcelona attack: What we know
BARCELONA, Spain (AFP) – A driver deliberately rammed a van into pedestrians on one of Barcelona’s most popular boulevards on Thursday, killing 13 people in what Spanish police called a “terrorist attack.” What happened? Around 5 pm (1500 GMT), a vehicle slammed into a crowd of pedestrians on the famous Las Ramblas boulevard. The promenade in the heart of the city center is one of the city’s busiest streets, normally thronged with tourists and street performers […]
US offers help to Spain in wake of Barcelona attack
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States on Thursday offered its assistance to Spain in the wake of a deadly van attack in Barcelona’s most popular street Las Ramblas, which left at least two dead. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson also said that consular assistance was being provided to Americans in the city, and urged US nationals to check in with their families. “Terrorists around the world should know — the United States and […]





