My heart is beating like crazy when I write down these breaking news.
Not long ago, my friends and I made a trip to Barcelona. It was an amazing time, we also celebrated ´s birthday and stayed there for another few weeks. This city is my favorite place in Europe. I also thought about staying longer than usual because of the great people, most delicious food, beautiful weather and of course the beach. Luckily things had changed and I flew back to Germany a few weeks ago.
What happened ?
Today at 5 PM (central Europe time) a van speeded into a crowd of people. The driver came from Plaça de Catalunya and drove down to a popular shopping street called Las Ramblas. I know exactly where this is because we used to eat, shop or walk there nearly every day. It is a great place filled with restaurants, bars and cute little café´s. Anyway, the van stopped near Plaça Boqueira and the attacker flea right after. The Spanish police confirmed the arrest of one attacker who has his roots in Morocco. The death toll has risen up to 13 now and over 80 people are injured. 15 victims are still in critical condition. The pictures are terrible and I am in super shock right now!
This should be the face of the man who killed 13 or more innocent people!
New informations have reached out to me saying that the man of this picture is maybe not the terrorist. Someone reported to the police that his documents were stolen and he doesnt know why his face is all over the news! Maybe the attacker used his documents to rent the van but its not confirmed yet!
According to the Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia, the police have found a second vehicle with which the attacker wanted to escape which luckily never happened. ISIS has now confirmed this attack and have acknowledged this touch of evil.
The shops are sealed off for now and the police has invited the residents to at home for the rest of the night.
I feel so sorry for the victims and their families! I have no words to describe this terrible act. They try to scare us and show that we are safe nowhere! Destiny decided to fly me back to Germany otherwise I could count myself to one of the victims today.
It hurts just by looking at those pictures. People just wanted to have a great time, enjoy their holiday or even residents who went outside for lunch died!
I will pray for the victims and for whole Barcelona.
What is your opinion about terrorist attacks ?
Are you scared to travel ?
Do you feel safe?
What are your thoughts?
Thanks for reading, wishing the families of the victims all the best!
♥Estamos aquî para ti Barcelona♥
Stay focused
Love, Soldier