Pope Francis prays for Barcelona victims
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| Police evacuate people after a van crashed into pedestrians near the Las Ramblas avenue in central Barcelona, Spain.- REUTERS |
(Vatican Radio) The Director of the Holy See Press Office,
Greg Burke has said that Pope Francis was greatly disturbed by what had
happened in Barcelona.
He also said that the Pope prayed for the victims and
expressed his closeness to the Spanish people in particular the injured and the
families of the victims.
13 people were killed in the terror attack on Thursday in
the popular Las Ramblas area of the city when a white van zigzagged at high
speed down the busy avenue thronged with tourists, knocking down pedestrians.
Spain mounted a sweeping anti-terror operation on Friday.
As security forces hunted for the van's driver, who was seen
escaping on foot, police said they had killed five attackers on Thursday night
in Cambrils, a town south of Barcelona, to thwart a "terrorist
attack" using explosive belts.
Thursday's carnage was the latest in a string of
attacks in the past 13 months in European cities including Nice, Berlin,
London and Stockholm.
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