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BARCELONA AND CAMBRILS ATTACKS: WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR

SUMMARY

The last thursday 17 August, fourteen people was killed in two attacks in Spain and injured more than 100. Thirteen died  in Barcelona when a van was driven in to crowds on Las Ramblas, and one person was killed by a car in Cambrils, a coastal town 75 miles to the the south.

The event occurred at 16:50, when a van zig-zagged down Las Ramblas at high speed trying to run over people, while the avenue was full of tourists. 

Many were knocked to the ground while others fled for cover in nearby shops and cafes.

In Cambrils the jihadists were in an Audi that overturned and five people left, some wearing fake suicide belts. Four were shot dead by a policeman on the scene. A fifth escaped but was later shot dead.

The attack had been carried out by Younes Abouyaaqoub. Although the four suspects reportedly said that the leader of the group was the imam Abdelbaki Es Satty

The Catalan police estimated that the jihadists had been preparing larger attacks, and that the accidental explosion forced them to adopt a more rudimentary plan: the fuss of the vans.

VOCABULARY

Van mowed: furgoneta segada
Pedestrians: vianants
Witnesses: testimonis

Nearby shops: botigues properes

Ploughed: arada

OPINION

As all the attacks seem to me an immoral aggression. It only produces physical and psychological damages: deaths, victims, Islamophobia, among others. Innocent people including a little boy.

As a Muslim, it makes me rage that these events produced by jihadists it's associated with us, that is, they associate jihadism with Muslims. I do not think that they are true Muslims who kill in the name of Allah, but the opposite those who stained Islam. Since it is forbidden to kill a person, is a very serious crime in our religion.

 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-40964242