Thursday, August 17, 2017

UPDATED: How do you say "Allahu akbar!" in Spanish?

One dead, dozens injured, after motor vehicle deliberately plows into crowd. Where? "Charlottesville, Virginia," you say? Well yeah, but also in Barcelona, Spain, just today. Since the American lamestream media are still fixated on the events in Charlottesville to the exclusion of everything else, Walt brings you the news of yet another "incident" of Islamic terrorism.

The casualty figures from Spain will undoubtedly climb. As of this afternoon (local time) Spanish police have confirmed just one death after a van slammed into pedestrians in Barcelona's historic Las Ramblas district. Citing local police forces, Spanish media said as many as 13 people could be dead. 10 of those counted as injured are presently said to be in serious condition.

UPDATED at noon: The death toll in the Islamic terrorist attack has now risen to 13.

Spanish government officials confirmed that the attack was "terror-related". For fear of provoking yet more Islamophobia, they did not mention what kind of terrorism is suspected. Walt wonders if, when the King Juan Carlos makes a public statement condemning the attack, he will call out the Muslim jihadis. If not, will he be criticized by his country's media for failing to name names? As they say in Spanish, JAJAJA!

The attackers themselves have not yet been apprehended. The newspaper El Pais reported that the perpetrators were holed up in a nearby bar. Inspector Don Quixote of the Catalonia constabulary would not confirm that report. Mariano Rajoy, the Spanish prime minister, tweeted that the priority was to attend to the injured.

While full details of the crash were not immediately clear, over the span of the last 13 months, vehicles have been used to ram into crowds in a series of Islamic terrorist attacks across Europe, killing well over 100 people in Nice, Berlin, London and Stockholm. Now Barcelona. Which European city will be next? Where do you live?!

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