#BreakingNews 13 Killed and many Injured as Terrorists run Van into Crowds in Barcelona - Please PRAY

A van has run over dozens of pedestrians on the Rambla in Barcelona, Spain, near the city's famous Plaça Catalunya this Thursday afternoon. The area is one of the most popular with tourists in the Catalan capital. Police sources say at least thirteen are dead and dozens of injured. The Mossos d'Esquadra, the Catalan police, have confirmed that it was a terrorist attack. There were at least two attackers. Spain's National Audience court has taken on the investigation.
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The vehicle started the attack from plaça Catalunya at the top of the Rambla and slalomed down the street to the mosaic by Joan Miró outside the famous Boqueria market, around 600 metres. A chase along the pedestrianised area of la Rambla followed. When they abandoned the van, there was a burst of gunfire near the history Boqueria market, also very popular with tourists. Police were looking for a second white van, hired by the same company, also involved in the attack. One of the alleged attackers was Driss Oukabir, from north Africa. According to police sources, he collected the rental van in Santa Perpètua de Mogoda, a small town 8km from Barcelona. Numerous ambulances have arrived at the scene and businesses have closed their shutters. The area has been cordoned off and the metro and trains stations in plaça Catalunya have been shut for security reasons.
Since July 2016, vehicle attacks have been the weapon of choice of Islamic militants in Europe, which has led to the deaths of around a hundred people in Nice, Berlin, London and Stockholm. According to Spanish newspaper El Periódico, the CIA warned the Mossos two months ago that Barcelona, and the Rambla specifically, could be the scene of a terrorist attack like the one that has taken place this Thursday afternoon.
Edited from El National.cat

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