"Van Hits Pedestrians in Deadly Barcelona Terror Attack." The New York Times,
New York Times Company, 17 Aug. 2017, www.nytimes.com/2017/08/17/world/
europe/barcelona-catalunya-van.html. Accessed 24 Aug. 2017.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/17/world/europe/barcelona-catalunya-van.html
On Thursday, a van driver drove into a large group of people on a busy thoroughfare in Barcelona, killing thirteen people and leaving eighty injured in its wake. Just hours after this, in the town of Cambrils, five people were shot and killed during a second attack by vehicle, along with six pedestrians and one police officer being injured. This was Spain's worst terrorist attack in more than a ten years. Although three people were arrested and the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack in Barcelona, the driver of the van had escaped and still remained missing. It is possible that the Barcelona attack is connected to recent events in Europe where attackers drove large vehicles into crowded parts of cities, but it is not certain that the Barcelona attackers cooperated with ISIS beforehand.
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