Barcelona attack – Vile ISIS supporters celebrate Las Ramblas terror van rampage in sick posts
SICK ISIS supporters have celebrated the deadly terrorist attack in Barcelona which has killed at least 14 people and injured 100 others.
The twisted thugs praised the evil van rampage claiming it was launched by the terror cult which has unleashed similar attacks across Europe.
Posts on the encrypted messaging service Telegram show the brainwashed fans of the sick death group praising God for the attack in the Catalan capital.
One wrote: "They can die in their rage."
ISIS later claimed responsibility for the atrocity through its Amaq news agency, but the terror group has previously tried to take credit for attacks that they had little or no part in.
In chilling echoes of the London Bridge attack, a white van mounted the pavement of Barcelona's famous Las Ramblas in the Placa Catalunya tourist area and struck several innocent victims at around 5pm yesterday.
The rampaging vehicle zigzagged through the Las Ramblas area mowing down innocent people prompting terrified families to run for their lives.
Police have confirmed that the van used in the sick assault had no explosives inside.
There are reports two vans may have been used, one for the attack and a second as a getaway vehicle after investigators found a SECOND van 70km away in the town of Vic.
Disturbing footage and pictures from the scene show bodies scattered around the blood-splattered ground of the tourist hotspot as armed cops quickly responded to the emergency.
At least 18 nationalities are among the victims, Spain's civil protection agency said - including German, Belgian and Argentinian.
A seven-year-old boy with links to Britain, Julian Cadman, is missing after he was separated from his mum during the Barcelona terror attack.
- WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR
- At 5pm on Thursday, a white Fiat van ploughed into a crowd in tourist hotspot Las Ramblas in Barcelona
- At least 13 people were killed and 130 more injured as the driver mowed down innocents along a 500m stretch of the packed pedestrian area
- The driver then fled the carnage on foot and a manhunt was launched
- Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said the van attack was a result of 'jihadist terrorism' and ISIS has since claimed responsibility
- At least four men with no background in terrorism have been arrested in connection with the attack including Driss Oukabir - a 28-year-old Moroccan who is believed to have rented the van. His brother Moussa Oukabir, 18, stole his ID and is suspected to be the van driver
- Victims are from 34 countries. A seven-year-old British boy is feared to be among the victims as Theresa May says she is "urgently" looking into reports
- Eight hours later, one person was killed and seven injured after five terrorists carry out second terror attack in Cambrils - 68 miles from Barcelona
- Jihadists wearing fake suicide vests rammed an Audi A3 into pedestrians and were shot dead by police when the car flipped
- One of the five terrorists, who were armed with knives and axes, killed in Cambrils could have been the driver of the van which killed 13 people in Barcelona
- Officials are linking the attacks with an explosion that killed one person at a house 124 miles away from Las Ramblas on Wednesday as it emerges the terrorists could have been part of a cell involving eight to 12 people
It comes as Belgian Elke Vanbockrijck, 44, was named as the first dead victim of yesterday's attack.
Italian dad-of-two Bruno Gulotta was also confirmed dead.
Elke was on holiday with her husband and sons when they were caught up in the atrocity.
Twenty-six of the injured are French citizens, the country's Foreign Ministry confirmed, with 11 in a serious condition.
The ISIS-affiliated news agency Amaq has said that “soldiers” of the brainwashed death cult carried out the attack.
The propaganda outlet said via messaging app Telegram: "The executors of the Barcelona attack were soldiers of the Islamic State.”
Las Ramblas reopened this morning, with residents and tourists allowed past police lines back to their homes and hotels.
Police closed down the city centre in a bid to catch the driver last night.
A demonstration and minute's silence honouring the victims will be held at the Plaza Catalunya, next to the top of the Ramblas, at midday.
A senior police official in Barcelona last night said the rampage was "clearly a terror attack, intended to kill as many people as possible."
The driver of the rented Fiat van, registration 7082 JWD, ran away from on foot after the smash.
Marc Esparcia, a 20-year-old student who lives in Barcelona, told the : "There was a loud noise and everybody ran for cover.
"There were a lot people, lots of families [at the site], this is one of the most visited sites in Barcelona.
"I think several people were hit. It was horrible, there was panic. Terrible."
Barcelona FC wrote in a statement: "Our hearts are made smaller by this attack. Sending strength and love to the victims, their families and the citizens of Barcelona".
Steve Garrett was in a nearby market and sheltered in a bakery with several others after streams of people ran inside.
One member of the group, who took refuge with him, said she had heard gunshots after the incident.
Mr Garrett told the BBC: "A very large number of people ran into the market area in a big kind of way, lots of screaming, lots of shouting.
"The security guards immediately responded. We ran into the bakery with four or five other people and ran straight upstairs and hunkered down whilst an enormous wave of people went through the market.
"Obviously coming from England it was reminding me a great deal of what happened in London, so we were very concerned about what might be going on next.
"The lady that was with us said she heard some gunshots."
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