Barcelona terror attack

[pepponeskie]

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Barcelona terror attack: CIA 'warned police two months ago Las Ramblas could be target of terrorist attack' - Mirror Online

https://www.theguardian.com/world/li...latest-updates

Spain hunts driver who killed 13 in Barcelona

BARCELONA/MANILA - Spain mounted a sweeping anti-terror operation on Friday after a suspected Islamist militant drove a van into crowds in Barcelona, killing 13 people before fleeing, in what police suspect was one of multiple planned attacks.

Islamic State claimed responsibility for the deadly rampage along the city's most famous avenue on Thursday, which was packed with tourists taking an afternoon stroll. The death toll could rise, with more than 100 injured, authorities said.

As security forces hunted for the van's driver, who was seen escaping on foot, police said they had killed five attackers on Thursday night in Cambrils, a town south of Barcelona, to thwart a "terrorist attack" using explosive belts. Six civilians and a police officer were injured in the operation.

Police said the Cambrils plot was linked to the van attack.

Before the van ploughed into the tree-lined walkway of Las Ramblas, one person was killed in an explosion in a house in a separate town southwest of Barcelona, police said. Residents there were preparing explosives, a police source added.

Police said they had arrested two men, a Moroccan and a man from Spain's north African enclave of Melilla, though neither was the van driver. They added that the situation in Cambrils was under control.

It was still not clear how many people had been involved in the van attack and other incidents on Thursday.

Witnesses to the van attack said the white vehicle had zigzagged at high speed down Las Ramblas, ramming pedestrians and cyclists, sending some hurtling through the air and leaving bodies strewn in its wake.

2 Filipinos hurt

At least two Filipinos were hurt in the incident, Consul General Dr. Emmanuel Fernandez said in an interview on radio dzBB on Friday.

"May isang pamilyang Pilipino na turista na kasama sa biktima ng naturang terrorist attack," he said.

Fernandez added that the incident, which officials are considering as a terrorist attack, is one of the most serious incidents in Spain.

IS claim

Islamic State's Amaq news agency said: "The perpetrators of the Barcelona attack are soldiers of the Islamic State and carried out the operation in response to calls for targeting coalition states"—a reference to a US-led coalition against the Sunni militant group.

Spain has several hundred soldiers in Iraq providing training to local forces in the fight against Islamic State, but they are not involved in ground operations.

The Islamic State claim could not immediately be verified.

If the involvement of Islamist militants is confirmed, it would be the latest in a string of attacks in the past 13 months in which they have used vehicles to bring carnage to the streets of European cities.

That modus operandi—crude, deadly and very hard to prevent—has killed well over 100 people in Nice, Berlin, London and Stockholm.

British tourist Keith Welling, who arrived in Barcelona on Wednesday with his wife and 9-year-old daughter, said they saw the van drive past them down the avenue and took refuge in a restaurant when panic broke out and the crowd started running.

"People were shouting and we heard a bang and someone cried that it was a gunshot ... Me and my family ran into the restaurant along with around 40 other people.

"At first people were going crazy in there, lots of people crying, including a little girl around three years old."

It was the deadliest attack in Spain since March 2004, when Islamist militants placed bombs on commuter trains in Madrid, killing 191 people and wounding more than 1,800.

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy announced three days of official mourning for what he called a "jihadist attack."

The Spanish royal household said on Twitter: “They are murderers, nothing more than criminals who are not going to terrorise us. All of Spain is Barcelona.”

US President Donald Trump said: "The United States condemns the terror attack in Barcelona, Spain, and will do whatever is necessary to help."

He added: "Be tough & strong, we love you!"

Bodies on the ground

Police said the two men detained on Thursday had been arrested in two towns, Ripoll and Alcanar, both in the region of Catalonia, of which Barcelona is the capital.

The explosion was also in the town of Alcanar, in the early hours of Thursday. One person died and another was injured in that incident, police said.

Police said they also shot dead on Thursday a man who had driven a car into a police checkpoint in Barcelona, though they had no evidence he was connected with the van attack.

Mobile phone footage showed several bodies strewn along the Ramblas, some motionless. Paramedics and bystanders bent over them, treating them and trying to comfort those still conscious.

Around them, the boulevard was deserted, covered in rubbish and abandoned objects including hats, flip-flops and a pram.

Belgium's foreign minister said a Belgian was among the dead.

Regional head Carles Puigdemont said people had been flocking to hospitals in Barcelona to give blood.

Susana Elvira Carolina, 33, who works at a shop on Las Ramblas, had just entered her building when the van struck.

"We had a window and you could see the bodies lying from there, you could see how people were run over ... We were shutting down the blinds but people kept coming in and we had to keep it open so they could enter the shop."

Tourist draw

The incident took place at the height of the tourist season in Barcelona, which is one of Europe's top travel destinations with at least 11 million visitors a year.

French President Emmanuel Macron, whose nation has suffered some of Europe's deadliest militant attacks in recent years, tweeted: "All my thoughts and France's solidarity to the victims of the tragic attack in Barcelona."

Authorities in Vic, a small town outside Barcelona, said a van had been found there in connection with the attack. Spanish media had earlier reported that a second van had been hired as a getaway vehicle.

Barcelona is the capital of the wealthy northeastern region of Catalonia, which plans to hold a popular vote on Oct. 1 on whether it should secede from Spain. The central government says the vote cannot go ahead because it is unconstitutional.

Before Thursday's attack, government data showed that police had arrested 11 suspected jihadists in the Barcelona area so far this year, more than anywhere else in Spain. —Reuters/KG, GMA News

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pwerte ra ba gyung daghanang turista dinha sa Barcelona. daghan sad mga pinoy.

[Negsz]

geez, mo angkon npud ning ISIS ani hitabo bsag dle jud cla. but for now speculations pa pud ni if sila ba jud. isa ra jud ang sad.an ani ba nganu natukod ng mga groupo. if maka dungog kos kanta sa BEP mo sulod sa akong utok ning USA maoy hinungdan

What's wrong with the world, mama
People livin' like they ain't got no mamas
I think the whole world addicted to the drama
Only attracted to things that'll bring you trauma

Overseas, yeah, we try to stop terrorism
But we still got terrorists here livin'
In the USA, the big CIA

[imba]

expected naman gd ng in-ani sa europe. ,tungod na sa EU ug sa ilang policy nga open borders.
nga mudawat dapat ang europe ug mga immigrants nga walay papers ug unverified. EU and Merkel from Germany are forcing EU members to accept undocumented immigrants from syria(or middle east) and from africa. .ang Poland ug Hungary kay naligo nani sila ug sanctions sa EU tungod kay dli jd sila mudawat ug immigrants or gamay ra siguro ila gdawat unya gverify pa pd nila ila dawaton.look at Sweden,wala lang ni gbalita sa world news but some parts sa sweden,germany gconsider na nila nga "NO GO ZONE". kanang mga Elite sa EU controlled by rich family they have a so called "Kalergi Plan"or White Genocide (ambot if mao bana ang spelling) . nga para mutaas ang workforce sa europe pero gamay ra ang bayaran sa labor. mao ila gpa-agi sa so called "diversity2x" ug multiculturalism nga campaign nila. daghan ug mga crimes nga ang kasagaran involve kay mga refugees or "immigrants" kono. pero gpugngan na sa world news. mga RAPE. the unelected leaders of EU wants open borders in europe but they do not want open borders in Israel. .ang mga tao nga mureklamo aning EU sa ilang policy about refugees and immigrations without documents kay tawagon dayun nila ug Nazi or fascist or Far Right or racist. What's wrong with protecting your own nationality and countrymen? .sukad nagsugod ning open borders sa EU nagsugod na pd ug gubot ang Europe, bombing didto bombing dri. ang nakapait kay ang mga involve pa gyud kay Muslim or Islam believers (i don't hate muslim) . but they are proving the people who hates Islam or Muslim right, kini sila mga refugees or migrant nga muslim naniguro ni sila ug ekyas sa ila lugar nga Governed by Sharia Law pero kung mahimu nani sila ug majority or mudaghan na sila sa europe mudemand na pd ug SHARIA LAW!!hay naku,wala na ko kasabot sa mga utok ani nila.. ang ubang news sa europe kung naay crimes nga mabuhat ang mga refugees or migrants kay ang e LABEL nila kay "Asian" sakto ba gd na. Kitang mga Asian ang ilabel sa mga criminal nila. Ang Mayor sa London Sadiq Khan has said he believes the threat of terror attacks are “part and parcel of living in a big city” and encouraged Londoners to be vigilant to combat dangers, part and parcel lang, (tabla ra iya giingon nga chill lang mo wala mi mahimo ana andam lang mu sa mga bomba). Unya ang iyang policy sa "hate speech against race or religion" mas grabe ug parusa kesa sa mga refugees ug migrants nga makabuhat ug crimes dha sa London. SOON Civil War will hapen in Europe. .
para makaamgo ang mga tao isearch sa Youtube ang "#MoreThanARefugee". tan-awa ang mga comment ngadto mostly mga europeans nga dili sila ganahan sa policy sa europe este EU and Germany. unya ang Youtube grabi kaayo makapropaganda nga para i-accept jd ila mga refugee or migrants. naalyasan nani ang Youtube as Jewtube cause EU leaders are mostly Jews and hates open borders for Israel and loves open borders for Europe.

Nagkatawa nlng ani si (Puppeteer)George Soros sa mga panghitabo sa Europe ug ang mga Rothschild .

[brownie]

Pray for Barcelona... 

coz I'm so cool that when I post something like this on facebook, I should get 50 likes.

[luff101]

https://www.facebook.com/10001239321...type=3&theater

[bordogoy]

Let me go to your country and kill/rape your people - Muslims

Ibutang unya nis PDut sa EU para ratataton ni silang tanan

I don't hate Muslims but **** political and radical Islam!

[pepponeskie]

expected naman gd ng in-ani sa europe. ,tungod na sa EU ug sa ilang policy nga open borders.
nga mudawat dapat ang europe ug mga immigrants nga walay papers ug unverified. EU and Merkel from Germany are forcing EU members to accept undocumented immigrants from syria(or middle east) and from africa. .ang Poland ug Hungary kay naligo nani sila ug sanctions sa EU tungod kay dli jd sila mudawat ug immigrants or gamay ra siguro ila gdawat unya gverify pa pd nila ila dawaton.look at Sweden,wala lang ni gbalita sa world news but some parts sa sweden,germany gconsider na nila nga "NO GO ZONE". kanang mga Elite sa EU controlled by rich family they have a so called "Kalergi Plan"or White Genocide (ambot if mao bana ang spelling) . nga para mutaas ang workforce sa europe pero gamay ra ang bayaran sa labor. mao ila gpa-agi sa so called "diversity2x" ug multiculturalism nga campaign nila. daghan ug mga crimes nga ang kasagaran involve kay mga refugees or "immigrants" kono. pero gpugngan na sa world news. mga RAPE. the unelected leaders of EU wants open borders in europe but they do not want open borders in Israel. .ang mga tao nga mureklamo aning EU sa ilang policy about refugees and immigrations without documents kay tawagon dayun nila ug Nazi or fascist or Far Right or racist. What's wrong with protecting your own nationality and countrymen? .sukad nagsugod ning open borders sa EU nagsugod na pd ug gubot ang Europe, bombing didto bombing dri. ang nakapait kay ang mga involve pa gyud kay Muslim or Islam believers (i don't hate muslim) . but they are proving the people who hates Islam or Muslim right, kini sila mga refugees or migrant nga muslim naniguro ni sila ug ekyas sa ila lugar nga Governed by Sharia Law pero kung mahimu nani sila ug majority or mudaghan na sila sa europe mudemand na pd ug SHARIA LAW!!hay naku,wala na ko kasabot sa mga utok ani nila.. ang ubang news sa europe kung naay crimes nga mabuhat ang mga refugees or migrants kay ang e LABEL nila kay "Asian" sakto ba gd na. Kitang mga Asian ang ilabel sa mga criminal nila. Ang Mayor sa London Sadiq Khan has said he believes the threat of terror attacks are “part and parcel of living in a big city” and encouraged Londoners to be vigilant to combat dangers, part and parcel lang, (tabla ra iya giingon nga chill lang mo wala mi mahimo ana andam lang mu sa mga bomba). Unya ang iyang policy sa "hate speech against race or religion" mas grabe ug parusa kesa sa mga refugees ug migrants nga makabuhat ug crimes dha sa London. SOON Civil War will hapen in Europe. .
para makaamgo ang mga tao isearch sa Youtube ang "#MoreThanARefugee". tan-awa ang mga comment ngadto mostly mga europeans nga dili sila ganahan sa policy sa europe este EU and Germany. unya ang Youtube grabi kaayo makapropaganda nga para i-accept jd ila mga refugee or migrants. naalyasan nani ang Youtube as Jewtube cause EU leaders are mostly Jews and hates open borders for Israel and loves open borders for Europe.

Nagkatawa nlng ani si (Puppeteer)George Soros sa mga panghitabo sa Europe ug ang mga Rothschild .

There are few types of refugees:
- refugee nga dato sa ilaha, pero ni disguise as refugee para lang maka ikyas sa ilaha ug nagpaharuhay gihapon sa ilang gi lugaran
- refugee nga tapulan, walay buhat kundi maghuwat ra sa tabang gikan sa gobyerno
- refugee nga tarong nga naningkamot para mabuhi ug nanarbaho
- refugee nga disguise lang kay mamiktima.

all of them are entitled monthly allowance, free education, free health and dental services, free driving lessons which will cost min. 200K pesos, cost free sa pag apply ug driving license, no need to work, and some others...in short mga dawat limpyo ra ning mga tawhana, mao ra niy naghurot sa mga tax sa mga tawo sa usa ka nasod. karon, mangasuko pa sila ug di sila pasudlon sa isa ka country kay racist kuno.

pero inig abot na gani ug makagamot na sila, mo demand dayon sa ilang "inatay" nga Law. kay ang babaye di patrabahuon (dawat ra ug suporta kada buwan), dapat naay mosque, dapat dili bawalan ug magpurong2x, dapat wala nay mga christians song sa skwelahan, dapat halal na ang baligya sa mga tindahan, etc...WTF aning mga tawhana. Unya, kung di gani tugtan, awww mamomba dayun, welga2x, singgit dayun ug racist.

Most of my colleagues don't like these type of people. Only people who works in the asylum centers and schools maoy ganahan ani nila.

[pepponeskie]

mao gyud nay naka buysit sa tanan boss.

mga engrata kaayo ang mga pinisti. kabalo sila na ang country na ilang gi-sudlan kay open country, mag demand pa gyud sila na parehasun sa ilaha sa mid-east.

kaning mga refugees na permi ug reklamo maayo na sila ipang itsa sa desert sa sahara, naa man daghan muslim african countries bitaw didto ...

naa gani uban ana nila boss, drive2x pa ug Tesla, BMW nga latest...unya walay trabaho, pa buhi ra sa gobyerno, pero mga datu na sa ilaha...akong na bulngan lang jud, nganong sa Europe ni seek ug refuge nga naa mn untay laing middle east nga mga nasod nga naa didto ilang mga brad. unya, kung maka asta pa, murag si kinsa.

naa koy nakasakay nga refugee sa bus...babaye, itom, nag purong sa ilang carpet, nya nanimahong ilok,ug naa sa akong atobangan nga linkuranan ga lingkod. karon iyang gi butang iyang bag sa tupad sa lingkuranan, unya sa unahan naay bata nga nisakay pero wa ka lingkod kay naa man iyang bag sa iyang tupad. Gi ingnan cya sa isa ka tiguwang nga baye nga pwede ba sabakon ang bag kay aron makalingkod ang uban...karon kay ni singka cya, kay di kuno sakto ang gi buhat sa tiguwang nga sultian cya, pwede ra daw cya sultian sa bata. nya iyang gi singkahan ang tiguwang ug gisipatan...pero ako kalma ra ko sa iyang likod, gi ingnan ra nako nga "waka na uwaw? kanang tiguwang, nagbayad nag buwis aron mabuhi mo diri, nya imo rang gi ingana."

pagkalamia jud lage, next week mobalik naman kog skwela, pangitaon ko tong tawhana. tanawn nako ug nausab na ba.

[bula1980]

Magbaha na pud ang #prayforbarcelona and you should type AMEN.

[the_guardian]

murag grabeh pud to dah...bisan dili bomb pero daghan pud ug casualities...

pareha ni atong nahitabo sa new york nga ang auto gi-bangga gihapon sa pedestrians