Friday, August 18, 2017

French news re: terror attacks in Spain

From L'Express:

Touchée ce mercredi par le terrorisme à Barcelone et à Cambrils, l'Espagne est endeuillée. Le bilan s'élève pour le moment à 13 morts et à plus d'une centaine de blessés.

La Catalogne touchée en plein coeur ce jeudi par un double attentat touchant les villes de Barcelone et de Cambrils, éloignées de seulement une centaine de kilomètres l'une de l'autre.

Tout d'abord, en fin d'après-midi, un van a fauché une centaine de piétons sur les Ramblas de Barcelone, causant 13 morts.

Un peu plus tard dans la soirée, autour de minuit, c'est la station balnéaire de Cambrils, à une centaine de kilomètres au sud de Barcelone, qui a été visée. Une Audi A3 noire avec à son bord 5 personnes a foncé sur la foule, faisant sept blessés. Les assaillants ont été abattus par les Mossos, la police catalane.

Trois suspects ont été arrêtés, dont deux à Alcanar, proche de la ville de Tarragone, où une explosion est survenue mercredi, la veille des attaques. Selon les autorités, elle serait en lien avec les attentats de Barcelone. Les occupants sont soupçonnés d'avoir tenté de fabriquer un engin explosif. Deux personnes se trouvaient dans le logement, dont une est morte.

Translation:

Hit this Wednesday by terrorism in Barcelona and Cambrils, Spain is in mourning. The count has risen, for the moment, to 13 dead and more than 100 injured.

Catalonia [was] hit in its very heart this Thursday by a double attack striking the cities of Barcelona and Cambrils, located only about 100 km from each other.

First of all [i.e., at the beginning of all this], at the end of the afternoon, a van ran into about a hundred pedestrians at Las Ramblas in Barcelona, causing 13 deaths.

Later in the evening, around midnight, it was the seaside resort of Cambrils, about 100 km south of Barcelona, that was targeted. A black Audi A3 holding 5 people plowed into the crowd, injuring seven. The assailants were killed by the Mossos, the Catalan police.

Three suspects have been arrested [in a residence], two of them from Alcanar, near the city of Tarragona, where an explosion occurred Wednesday on the day before the attacks. According to authorities, this is linked to the attacks in Barcelona. The occupants are suspected of having tried to put together an explosive device. Two people were in the residence, of whom one is dead.

Much more info here.

So! This is the new normal, yes?



1 comment:

  1. "A van ran into about a hundred pedestrians at Las Ramblas in Barcelona, causing 13 deaths."

    "A black Audi A3 holding 5 people plowed into the crowd, injuring seven."

    I disavow vehicular hate!

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