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INCHES FROM DEATH

Heart-stopping moment Barcelona tourists narrowly avoid being mowed down as they flee Las Ramblas terror rampage

THIS is the heartstopping moment tourists avoid being mowed down by a depraved monster by just inches in the Las Ramblas terror rampage.

At least 13 people were killed and more than 100 injured when warped Younes Abouyaaqoub drove a rented Renault Kangoo van through the packed tourist hotspot in Barcelona.

 Tourists narrowly avoid being mowed down by a rampaging terrorist in Barcelona
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Tourists narrowly avoid being mowed down by a rampaging terrorist in BarcelonaCredit: Reuters
 Pedestrians run for their lives as driver Younnes Abouyaaqou speeds through the packed tourist hotspot
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Pedestrians run for their lives as driver Younnes Abouyaaqou speeds through the packed tourist hotspotCredit: Reuters
 The van can be seen in the background in the terror attack
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The van can be seen in the background in the terror attackCredit: Reuters

Horrifying footage shows pedestrians narrowly avoiding being run down as the van speeds through crowds on August 17.

Tourists run into shops clutching suitcases and shopping bags as the horror unfolds in front of them.

The white van can be seen hurtling through the bust street in the background as a terrified group manage to escape just in time.

Some pedestrians make it to the safety of a local shop as they desperately flee from the attack.

The pedestrians then scramble under a closing barrier as Abouyaaqoub continues his bloody rampage outside.

Abouyaaqoub became Europe's most wanted man after he fled the scene of the massacre - leaving a trail of bodies in his wake.

A massive manhunt was launched and he was shot and killed by cops on last Monday while wearing a fake suicide belt.

The shooting took place in Subirats, a town about an hour's drive west from Barcelona.

At least 15 people were killed in total in Las Ramblas and in a separate terror attack carried out by a cell of 12 fanatics in Cambrils just hours later.

Five jihadis ploughed an Audi into pedestrians in the coastal town and tried butchering them with knives and an axe before a hero cop shot four of them dead. A fifth terrorist was shot later.

 The pedestrians run into a shop to safety
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The pedestrians run into a shop to safetyCredit: Reuters
 Some scramble under a barrier as the terrorist continues his murderous rampage outside
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Some scramble under a barrier as the terrorist continues his murderous rampage outsideCredit: Reuters
 The van slammed into pedestrians in the centre of Barcelona
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The van slammed into pedestrians in the centre of BarcelonaCredit: Twitter/RichardBelis

One of the four survivors told a judge the group had planned a much larger scale attack including bombings at tourists landmarks such as the Sagrada Familia cathedral.

They were forced to switch plans following an accidental explosion at a property where they were preparing their explosives.

It emerged on Tuesday the cell's mastermind, radical preacher Abdelbaky Es Satty, 42, had used human rights laws to overturn a deportation order after a drugs conviction.


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