Within minutes of a terrorist driving a white van at speed along the central pavement, social media platforms were broadcasting the uncensored horror that he left in his wake. The bodies of the dead and injured were strewn on an iconic street in a famous European city. Limbs were twisted at unnatural angles, heads had been bloodied, pushchairs lay scattered and empty while the smaller bodies of children lay alongside those of adults. The backdrop to the footage was the constant wail of police and ambulance sirens and the horrified screams of people running from danger. The name of Barcelona has now been added to the litany of brutal do-it-yourself vehicle terrorism…

Source: The Times August 17, 2017 18:22 UTC