Mr. Chatywin et al. Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 As I write this it's being reported that at least 13 people are dead and at least another 50 are injured. Thoughts are with the victims and all of their loved ones! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljkeane Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 Yeah, hopefully nobody from the board is affected. It seems pretty unrelenting at the moment with terrorists having caught on to what a weapon a vehicle can be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 I remember the good old days when terror attacks used to generate some interest. Fucking awful that this thread is so late/short. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Arryn Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 8 minutes ago, BigFatCoward said: I remember the good old days when terror attacks used to generate some interest. Fucking awful that this thread is so late/short. In a purely pragmatic sense, it's not bad news at all. Terrorists aren't in it for the money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Chatywin et al. Posted August 17, 2017 Author Share Posted August 17, 2017 55 minutes ago, BigFatCoward said: I remember the good old days when terror attacks used to generate some interest. Fucking awful that this thread is so late/short. Yeah that's why I made it. I was shocked there wasn't already one. I will say that it's a good thing that people aren't running around with their hair on fire, but the total indifference is a step too far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gronzag Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 13 minutes ago, Tywin et al. said: Yeah that's why I made it. I was shocked there wasn't already one. I will say that it's a good thing that people aren't running around with their hair on fire, but the total indifference is a step too far. This is the new normal. That's the most terrifying thing about these attacks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meera of Tarth Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 13 people are dead and there are more than 100 people injured at this moment. The driver has not been found yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cridefea Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 27 minutes ago, Meera of Tarth said: 13 people are dead and there are more than 100 people injured at this moment. The driver has not been found yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Meera of Tarth Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 1 hour ago, Cridefea said: Policemen have taken down 4 new terrorists in the coastal town of Cambrils, not far from Barcelona, that apparently wanted to attack again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meera of Tarth Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 Here there's everything: https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2017/aug/17/barcelona-attack-van-driven-into-crowd-in-las-ramblas-district This now looks like a coordinated attempt to carry out attacks in several parts of Catalonia, with tourists as a target. Five other people are reported – though this is not yet confirmed – to have been injured on the seafront Paseo Maritimo in the Cambrils attack, allegedly by the suspected terrorists who were then shot by police. Police now say that an explosion that destroyed a house in Alcanar Platja on Thursday morning, killing one person and injuring several more, is also linked to the attack. The explosion was initially thought to be caused by the accidental explosion of a gas bottle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorral Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 One of these guys evidently has a record for domestic abuse. Yet again, a terrorist who abuses women. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mormont Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 10 hours ago, Tywin et al. said: Yeah that's why I made it. I was shocked there wasn't already one. I will say that it's a good thing that people aren't running around with their hair on fire, but the total indifference is a step too far. Lack of a thread =/= 'total indifference'. There are lots of tragedies, deaths, attacks that people here care greatly about but don't feel the need to start a thread on this board to discuss. That said, there's no doubt that the tactic of vehicle attacks on crowds, as it happens more often, loses some of the impact that it had. That does not mean people feel any less pain over the deaths. It just means that the shock of seeing something the tenth or eleventh time is less, because that's how human brains work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Miss Sunshine Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 It's simply horrible, with or without a thread to discuss it I hate to think this is "the new normal", but here we are. As someone who experienced the Brussels attacks last year, I'm fully aware these things can happen anytime, anywhere, and to anyone. Not having a thread about it, or having a smaller thread, does not mean that one cares less. My heart goes out to all the people affected and if we have anyone in the forum (directly or indirectly) affected by what happened in Spain, or in the US, or anywhere else in the world in need to talk, please feel free to message me. I know I sure did last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meera of Tarth Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 In the attack of Cambrils there is one victim and several injuried. 5 terrorists killed. Looking for 4 suspects, driver not found. https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2017/aug/18/barcelona-cambrils-terror-attack-suspects-killed-latest-updates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mormont Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 [mod] Folks, one thing we will not be doing is having a thread not to discuss the attacks, but to discuss how this board reacts to the attacks and how it ought to react and what biases this reveals and all that other navel-gazing bullshit. OK? [/mod] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batbob45 Posted August 19, 2017 Share Posted August 19, 2017 When I heard it on BBC World News, I was not surprise(this year have been the year that spineless terrorist attack europe). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meera of Tarth Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 18 hours ago, Batbob45 said: When I heard it on BBC World News, I was not surprise(this year have been the year that spineless terrorist attack europe). Yes, the last couple of years, actually; but this one in particular. They had more than one hundred butane gass bottles to use as explosives, but they exploded in the appartment where they were planning everything, killing two or three of the 12 terrorists involved. The driver has not been found yet, but they think who he is, and there is a manhunt across Europe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljkeane Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 It seems the police have shot and probably killed (although that's not been confirmed yet) the man suspected of being the driver in the initial attack. He also apparently high jacked a car and killed the driver making his initial escape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meera of Tarth Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 2 hours ago, ljkeane said: It seems the police have shot and probably killed (although that's not been confirmed yet) the man suspected of being the driver in the initial attack. He also apparently high jacked a car and killed the driver making his initial escape. Yep. He killed a young man to use his car, he abandoned the car later and escaped for a few days So 14 victims in Barcelona. Today a neighbor from a catalan town told the police he/she had identified him and later he was killed by the police. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/21/police-searching-barcelona-van-driver-shoot-man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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