On Thursday, a van plowed into a crowd of pedestrians on Las
Ramblas street in Barcelona, killing 14 people and injuring more than 100 others, in what police said was an act of terrorism.
Summary: London [U.K.], August 19 (ANI):A manhunt is underway across Europe to find the main suspect, the driver of the white Renault Kangoo van that was involved in the terror attack on Las
Ramblas in the heart of Barcelona, amid fears that he may have crossed into France.
Barcelona's most famous street Las
Ramblas was packed with tourists when a van drove into the crowds, leaving scenes of carnage.
Scores were sent scattering in panic as carnage unfolded on Las
Ramblas, a bustling high street often thronged with tourists.
The van attack on Las
Ramblas avenue in central Barcelona claimed the lives of 13 people, while an identical incident in the town of Cambrils left one person dead, the agency said.
The most famous is La Boqueria, midway down the
Ramblas, a veritable nineteenth-century iron and glass cathedral dedicated to food.
And it says St James's Boulevard could be converted into a pedestrianised area similar to Las
Ramblas in Barcelona.
Forget the rip-off tapas bars on the
Ramblas the main street that snakes down to the sea from Placa Catalunya.
Whether you're taking an early-evening stroll along Las
Ramblas, tackling the hike up Montjuic or making a party-seeking pilgrimage to the port at the weekend, one thing you cannot do in Barcelona is sit in your hotel room struggling to think of something to do.
Norman Putot, wife Pederlita and children Nathaniel, five, and Pearl, nine, were all on Las
Ramblas when 14 people were killed last Thursday.
BARCELONA'S football superstars last night paid tribute to the victims of the Las
Ramblas terror attack.
The CIA informed local Spanish police about the terrorist threat about two months ago, and particularly named the Las
Ramblas tourist area of Barcelona, the El Perodico newspaper reported on Friday.