[Closed] Van attack in Barcelona

Ah sh*t 🙁

Bastard ran off too. Don't see reports of him being caught 🙁

Wtf is wrong with people ??

Sky are reporting hostages have been taken

Two armed men have taken hostages in a Turkish restaurant in the capital of Catalonia after a crash, according to local media.

http://news.sky.com/story/van-hits-crowd-in-massive-crash-in-barcelona-10992725

Oh ffs.

Anyone who's ever been to that area knows just how packed it is too.

Arseholes.

never visited in Aug, but out of season the plaza catalunya and las ramblas can be rammed at peak times

****s!

Shite indeed. My sister was there just a couple of weeks ago.

I do hope they crack down on white vans now.

Eh?

So easy to commit an attack, hope its not as bad as the South of France one.

****s.

****ers

Happy memories of playing at a club near the Ramblas in the 1980's and strolling along post-gig for after performance refreshments.

Insanity.

No news yet of motivation...

No news yet of motivation

Unfortunately not that hard to guess tho

Im working here at the moment, such a tragedy for this beautiful vibrant city.

apparently he's been arrested...

what if it were some of those people protesting about the number of tourists in Barcelona?

this will certainly help reduce them

Been in Barcelona for the last 11 days on holiday with my wife and two teenage daughters. Flew home today, was on Las Ramblas this morning. My wife and daughters were mooching about exactly where the attack happened yesterday afternoon, I'd gone back to the apartment to drink beer in the cool tub. Bloody scary stuff

Thoughts to all those involved and hope the number of fatalities doesn't rise.

what if it were some of those people protesting about the number of tourists in Barcelona?

You're trying a little too hard, lets watch it unfold.

13 fatalities, 50+ wounded 🙁

19:23
Regional interior minister Joaquim Forn has confirmed 13 people have been killed and more than 50 injured

The creatures who commit atrocities such as this are cowardly oxygen thieves & should be exterminated if possible.
& you can stick your 'human rights/arrested/sent for trial/go to prison' bollox.

bbc reporting a spanish paper saying one attacker killed by police in a town just to the west of barca.

Second van hired at the same time traced to Vic and police looking for a Moroccan linked to the hire of the vehicles

This is horrible 🙁

My BiL & SiL & niece & nephew are there at the moment. Right in the middle of it. They were told to hide indoors until given the all clear. Last we heard they were taking refuge in a cafe.

Waiting for an update.

Terrorists are the scum of the earth.

Im working here at the moment, such a tragedy for this beautiful vibrant city.

This. Thoughts and prayers are with those killed and injured and their loved ones.

My daughter and her now husband lived there for 3 years, they are celebrating his 30th in San Sebastian but could easily have chosen to go back to Barcelona.

Let us know when you hear that they're all safe bigblackshed. Horrible stuff.

Many reports possibly some not correct including that terrorists struck outside a Kosher restaurant and some victims where shot.

Can we please concentrate this thread on accurate updates and marks of respect please.

I have seen a video of scenes inside the Kosher restaurant on lock-down. No casualties visible. FWIW it took the mainstream media a YEAR to admit Chouabily''s original target was a Jewish school not the Supermarket. The mainstream media have never reported that the Bataclan is a Jewish owned business.

[quote=Drac ]Can we please concentrate this thread on accurate updates and marks of respect please.

Horrible to have yet another one of these.

Hopefully one day there will be no more and innocent lives are not lost

http://www.timesofisrael.com/jewish-owners-recently-sold-pariss-bataclan-theater-where-is-killed-dozens/

sold two months before the attack but please no side bar PLEASE
Mods leaving the thread to be clear but the truth is important.

My sympathy to those unfortunate ones.

FFS. Close this thread now. The usual sh1tmonkeys are gathering.

lets all tip toe around now and not say anything that might offend anyone.

Like what? Islamic State claims responsibility. They are a bunch of massive ****s.

Excuse me, it's "SO CALLED" Islamic State.

13 dead so far. Terrorists really are utter plums

UPDATE.

My BiL & SiL are all safe and heading back to their hotel. Their coach was waiting for two people who were missing, but finally turned up. We can breathe again now. They are due to travel back on Wednesday, can't come soon enough.

I would like to point out that Maajid Nawaz is currently presenting the 10am-1pm weekday show on LBC and in my view it is very worth listening to - I find him very reasoned and fair - and he will surely be discussing this incident.

Whereas a lot of the other presenters seems to feed on the same type of reactionary stuff as the tabloids use to get their readers, he is very forthright with his views and doesn't pussy-foot around with PC stuff - equally hammering the mistaken views of both sides - and he really seems to know, and critisize where appropriate, his religion and, having been a former extremist, also has valid viewpoints there.

http://www.lbc.co.uk/radio/presenters/maajid-nawaz/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maajid_Nawaz

It's a talk show so anyone here who has strong opinions, that wants them validated or challanged, should consider phoning in.

Unfortunately his weekend show is being hosted by that annoying Owen Jones, so he won't be on this weekend I think.

Good news Bigblackshed must have been an awful few hours for you.

Good news Bigblackshed, nice to know your family members are ok.

But, I've said it before & I'm saying it again....
If these creatures (who subsequently perform terrorist attacks) are known to the security services, then 'simply' eradicate them.
Can't be that hard. If security know who they are, then they must know their whereabouts (most of the time).
Snatch, get rid, no reports, no news. Just vanished.
May sound a bit harsh to the do gooders but It's time these scumwipes were gone from the planet.

esselgruntfuttock - Member
Good news Bigblackshed, nice to know your family members are ok.

But, I've said it before & I'm saying it again....
If these creatures (who subsequently perform terrorist attacks) are known to the security services, then 'simply' eradicate them.
Can't be that hard. If security know who they are, then they must know their whereabouts (most of the time).
Snatch, get rid, no reports, no news. Just vanished.
May sound a bit harsh to the do gooders but It's time these scumwipes were gone from the planet.

right ye are augusto

I was in Barcelone ealrier this year and in Cambrils just last week.

Both are such soft targets, people will be familiar with Las Ramblas and Cambrils is similar in having a long boulevard packed with families and children late into the evening.

I'm really not sure what the answer is when these attacks as well as being abhorent themselves seem likely to further drive a wedge between communities.

Personally I think its time for some real open questions about the root causes including the Wests involvement in Arab countries but also Muslim integration into Western countires.

Very sad to be waking up to hear of the second attack at Cambrils.