Barcelona terror attack: Van driver 'on the run' from police after crash[W:76]***

[Apocalypse]

Barcelona terror attack: Van driver 'on the run' from Spanish police after crash

A man is on the run in Barcelona after what police say was a terror attack in the city centre.

A van ploughed into dozens of people in a square, according to police. A man then jumped out and fled on foot, reports said.

Two men entered a restaurant after the attack, according to reports. It isn't clear if those men were also involved in the crash.

The driver of the van is reported to have fled on foot and Spanish authorities have warned people to avoid the area. Eyewitnesses reported seeing people running away and screaming after the incident happened.

Police described the incident on Twitter as a "massive crash". Emergency services said people should not go to the area around the city's Placa Catalunya, and requested the closure of nearby train and metro stations.

Barcelona terror attack: Van driver 'on the run' from Spanish police after crash | The Independent

Unconfirmed reports that several people have been killed.

 

[Manc Skipper]

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It's on Las Ramblas, the main shopping/cafe scene. 2 dead confirmed so far.

" ...Reuters news agency reports that emergency services have requested the closure of local metro and train stations.El Pais newspaper said the driver of the vehicle had fled on foot after mowing down dozens of people.
Steven Turner, who works in the area, told the BBC: "People in my office saw a van ramming into people on La Ramblas.
"I saw about three or four people lying on the ground."
"There are lots of ambulances and armed police with assault rifles around now." ..."



Barcelona: Van hits crowds in Ramblas tourist area - BBC News

 

[PeteEU]

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It's on Las Ramblas, the main shopping/cafe scene. 2 dead confirmed so far.

" ...Reuters news agency reports that emergency services have requested the closure of local metro and train stations.El Pais newspaper said the driver of the vehicle had fled on foot after mowing down dozens of people.
Steven Turner, who works in the area, told the BBC: "People in my office saw a van ramming into people on La Ramblas.
"I saw about three or four people lying on the ground."
"There are lots of ambulances and armed police with assault rifles around now." ..."

Barcelona: Van hits crowds in Ramblas tourist area - BBC News

Not confirmed by the police or officials. Only local media reporting it. I dont doubt the report, just clarifying it as it stands at 18:17 CET.

 

[Chagos]

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1 dead and 20 injured in what authorities name deliberate crash (according to Spanish national TV, citing Spanish news agency EFE).

It's being treated as an act of terrorism.

 

[JamesBY]

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Not confirmed by the police or officials. Only local media reporting it. I dont doubt the report, just clarifying it as it stands at 18:17 CET.

The Alt Right version in Spain are using tried and true terrorist protocols to make people understand they are unhappy. This attack may be Basque or Islamic in origin.

 

[PeteEU]

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The Alt Right version in Spain are using tried and true terrorist protocols to make people understand they are unhappy. This attack may be Basque or Islamic in origin.

It aint Basque. ETA is all but dead, and it would be unlikely that they would attack Catalonia, since they like the Basque want to gain independence from Spain.

Islamic more likely, but it could also be anti-Tourist idiots who have been causing problems, but doubt that.

But there is a lot of unconfirmed strange reports coming out that make no sense.. like the armed men entrenched in a bar thing. I would not speculate too much before the authorities come out with official reports and it could be a while, since the current government does not want to make the mistake of 2004 that cost them power.

 

[Brochacholomigo]

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This probably isn't the time for ruminations like this, but why is it that terrorists are so bad at killing people with vehicles, despite being so good at hitting them? You'd think that vehicular homicide would just be... easier than this.

 

[Chagos]

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This being down to ETA is highly doubtful, seeing how ETA, after already repeatedly declaring ceasefires over the past years, has declared its own disarmament this year.

Quite apart from which ETA is not "right", its ideological base is leftist.

Claims over the number of dead vary by now but national TV is currently speaking of two dead and dozens of injured.

 

[Erod]

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The Alt Right version in Spain are using tried and true terrorist protocols to make people understand they are unhappy. This attack may be Basque or Islamic in origin.

You're trying to equate ISIS with "alt right". No, they're like Antifa and BLM. Nice try.

 

[apdst]

Re: Barcelona terror attack: Van driver 'on the run' from Spanish police after crash

This probably isn't the time for ruminations like this, but why is it that terrorists are so bad at killing people with vehicles, despite being so good at hitting them? You'd think that vehicular homicide would just be... easier than this.

A vehicle is a point target weapon vice an area target weapon.

 

[JamesBY]

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You're trying to equate ISIS with "alt right". No, they're like Antifa and BLM. Nice try.

You are confused as usual. They have much in common, and they both desire to wipe out their enemies. The both like auto attacks.

ISIS = fascistic, antidemocracy, nativist, ethnocentric, uber religious (Islam), racialistic

Alt Right = fascistic, antidemocracy, nativist, uber nationalistic, uber religious (pagan, New Age, White Christian dominionism), racialistic.

 

[Brochacholomigo]

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You're trying to equate ISIS with "alt right". No, they're like Antifa and BLM. Nice try.

How is ISIS a leftist organisation? I mean, they aren't the alt-right, but your metaphor's even more ridiculous.

 

[Khayembii Communique]

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Sounds like Charlottesville. Both terrorist attacks.

 

[Brochacholomigo]

Re: Barcelona terror attack: Van driver 'on the run' from Spanish police after crash

Sounds like Charlottesville.

Charlottesville's femur bender was a new play for the Naazis. Europeans have been getting run over by Islamists for a while now.

 

[Erod]

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You are confused as usual. They have much in common, and they both desire to wipe out their enemies. The both like auto attacks.

ISIS = fascistic, antidemocracy, nativist, ethnocentric, uber religious (Islam), racialistic

Alt Right = fascistic, antidemocracy, nativist, uber nationalistic, uber religious (pagan, New Age, White Christian dominionism), racialistic.

Keep trying. The wacko left is built on ideology and anger. Antifa and BLM are large factions of the left, products of self-hate and a lack of proper parenting. White nationalists are a handful of shade tree mechanics and hillbillies from the middle of nowhere.

 

[Khayembii Communique]

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Charlottesville's femur bender was a new play for the Naazis. Europeans have been getting run over by Islamists for a while now.

The alt-right is learning from the Islamists.

 

[TheGoverness]

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How is ISIS a leftist organisation? I mean, they aren't the alt-right, but your metaphor's even more ridiculous.

Pretty much everything he says has ridiculousness attached to it.

 

[Khayembii Communique]

Re: Barcelona terror attack: Van driver 'on the run' from Spanish police after crash

Keep trying. The wacko left is built on ideology and anger. Antifa and BLM are large factions of the left, products of self-hate and a lack of proper parenting. White nationalists are a handful of shade tree mechanics and hillbillies from the middle of nowhere.

lol, antifa isn't a thing. Like it's literally whoever shows up at a protest to fight nazis. It's not an organization. If you think that large factions of the left are showing up to fight nazis you're sorely mistaken.

 

[volsrock]

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Yup..Spain has attacked and bombed so many ME country's..dontcha u know

 

[Brochacholomigo]

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The alt-right is learning from the Islamists.

Possibly, but one incident does not make a pattern. This just looks like your average, run-of-the-mill jihadist.

God, I hate that there's a norm for any kind of religious mass attack in the west...

 

[Brochacholomigo]

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lol, antifa isn't a thing. Like it's literally whoever shows up at a protest to fight nazis. It's not an organization. If you think that large factions of the left are showing up to fight nazis you're sorely mistaken.

They're certainly not centralized, but Antifa definitely organizes for this stuff.

 

[Fenton]

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The Alt Right version in Spain are using tried and true terrorist protocols to make people understand they are unhappy. This attack may be Basque or Islamic in origin.

Neo-Nazi's did this ? Are you high ?
Or are you AGAIN trying to exploit death and destruction for Political gain ?

 

[Wisdom]

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Barcelona terror attack: Van driver 'on the run' from Spanish police after crash | The Independent

Unconfirmed reports that several people have been killed.

If Trump finds out a neo-Nazi was the driver, he'll claim that the people he ran over instigated the attack. If he finds out the driver was a Muslim, he'll tweet it was a terrorist attack. Poor Trump ---- it must be tough living in his delusional world of moral duplicity.

 

[apdst]

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Sounds like Charlottesville. Both terrorist attacks.

Like the terrorist attack at the Alexandria ballfield.

 

[apdst]

Re: Barcelona terror attack: Van driver 'on the run' from Spanish police after crash

If Trump finds out a neo-Nazi was the driver, he'll claim that the people he ran over instigated the attack. If he finds out the driver was a Muslim, he'll tweet it was a terrorist attack. Poor Trump ---- it must be tough living in his delusional world of moral duplicity.

That didn't take long. :lamo