Van drives into crowd in Barcelona
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Yet another one. This time at the Ramblas area.
Could be who we think it is, but it could also be another group of minority nutters. The ones who want tourists out of Spain, since they hit a tourist spot. http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/spain-attacks-...
PZR said:
I'm in Barcelona. We were just by our hotel and saw a white Transit-size van careering down the middle of the Ramblas mowing people down. It's a major incident.
Don't really want to go into what I've just seen as it's really really not good...
Hope you and everyone your with are OK and accounted for!!Don't really want to go into what I've just seen as it's really really not good...
joshcowin said:
PZR said:
I'm in Barcelona. We were just by our hotel and saw a white Transit-size van careering down the middle of the Ramblas mowing people down. It's a major incident.
Don't really want to go into what I've just seen as it's really really not good...
Hope you and everyone your with are OK and accounted for!!Don't really want to go into what I've just seen as it's really really not good...
Just to say, some of the media is reporting this as a "major crash" but it clearly was no accident. Driver was at some speed (maybe 40mph when he passed in front of us) and swerving left and right to collect pedestrians. Major damage to the front of the van, but still kept going.
Emergency services were very quickly on the scene, and Police chasing in cars, on bikes and on foot. b
d might have got away. PZR said:
Yes thanks. We are back in the hotel now and trying to get messages out to tell friends and family we are OK. We had only just arrived from the airport...
Just to say, some of the media is reporting this as a "major crash" but it clearly was no accident. Driver was at some speed (maybe 40mph when he passed in front of us) and swerving left and right to collect pedestrians. Major damage to the front of the van, but still kept going.
Emergency services were very quickly on the scene, and Police chasing in cars, on bikes and on foot. bd might have got away.
Sky reporting they have got away on foot. Just to say, some of the media is reporting this as a "major crash" but it clearly was no accident. Driver was at some speed (maybe 40mph when he passed in front of us) and swerving left and right to collect pedestrians. Major damage to the front of the van, but still kept going.
Emergency services were very quickly on the scene, and Police chasing in cars, on bikes and on foot. b
d might have got away. 2 deaths
In the nicest possible way not the right time or place just yet.
if you have been following the news in recent months it could just as likely be José as Amhed. Granted lone nut job has to be in the running but as we saw last weekend radicalised Muslims are not the only people who like to drive cars at those they disagree with.
Thoughts are with those directly affected by this. We went there a few years ago and it is one of the few cities we have been to that we honestly felt "We could live here".
Edited by Jack Mansfield on Friday 18th August 09:47
Pesty said:
More inaction and more Spanish flags on face book.
please everyone stop the sarcastic/whiney repetitive posts about facebook flags please, no one is under the illusion that it's effective action against terrorism - it's just a bit of harmless condolence for those who were affected.Edited by Pesty on Thursday 17th August 16:54
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