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| 5 terror attacks in Europe when vehicles were rammed into pedestrians (VIDEOS) | |
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| Police are treating the Barcelona van crash as a terror act with at least 13 confirmed fatalities and scores of injured people. The attack is the fifth such incident in Europe. Nice, Berlin, London and Stockholm have all endured attacks of this kind. | Police are treating the Barcelona van crash as a terror act with at least 13 confirmed fatalities and scores of injured people. The attack is the fifth such incident in Europe. Nice, Berlin, London and Stockholm have all endured attacks of this kind. |
| Barcelona van attack LIVE UPDATES | Barcelona van attack LIVE UPDATES |
| Nice | Nice |
| The recent wave of terror attacks in Europe, where pedestrians became victims of rogue drivers, began in France when a Tunisian rammed his 19-ton truck into a crowd during Bastille Day celebrations in Nice on July 14, 2016. | The recent wave of terror attacks in Europe, where pedestrians became victims of rogue drivers, began in France when a Tunisian rammed his 19-ton truck into a crowd during Bastille Day celebrations in Nice on July 14, 2016. |
| Some 86 people were killed and nearly 500 injured in the French Mediterranean resort in what still remains the deadliest ramming attack on EU soil. | Some 86 people were killed and nearly 500 injured in the French Mediterranean resort in what still remains the deadliest ramming attack on EU soil. |
| The perpetrator was shot dead by police in the cabin of the rented truck, with Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) claiming responsibility for the attack. | The perpetrator was shot dead by police in the cabin of the rented truck, with Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) claiming responsibility for the attack. |
| Berlin | Berlin |
| Twelve people lost their lives and 56 others were wounded when another Tunisian national plowed his struck through a Christmas market in the heart of the German capital, Berlin, on December 19, 2016. | Twelve people lost their lives and 56 others were wounded when another Tunisian national plowed his struck through a Christmas market in the heart of the German capital, Berlin, on December 19, 2016. |
| READ MORE: First footage of Barcelona terrorist attack aftermath (PHOTOS,VIDEOS) | READ MORE: First footage of Barcelona terrorist attack aftermath (PHOTOS,VIDEOS) |
| The attacker also swore allegiance to IS according to a video distributed by the terror group later. He had stolen the vehicle to carry out the crime. | The attacker also swore allegiance to IS according to a video distributed by the terror group later. He had stolen the vehicle to carry out the crime. |
| The manhunt for the terrorist lasted four days and ended with Italian police shooting the man in the suburbs of Milan. | The manhunt for the terrorist lasted four days and ended with Italian police shooting the man in the suburbs of Milan. |
| London | London |
| The attack in London on March 22, 2017 was carried out by a radicalized UK citizen with IS also claiming responsibility for the attack. | The attack in London on March 22, 2017 was carried out by a radicalized UK citizen with IS also claiming responsibility for the attack. |
| READ MORE: 'Van was going fast, stopped, then plowed into more people' – Barcelona attack eyewitness to RT | READ MORE: 'Van was going fast, stopped, then plowed into more people' – Barcelona attack eyewitness to RT |
| The perpetrator knocked over pedestrians with his van on Westminster Bridge in the British capital, leaving four people dead and 49 injured. | The perpetrator knocked over pedestrians with his van on Westminster Bridge in the British capital, leaving four people dead and 49 injured. |
| He then abandoned the vehicle and killed a policeman with a knife before being shot dead by other officers. | He then abandoned the vehicle and killed a policeman with a knife before being shot dead by other officers. |
| Stockholm | Stockholm |
| The attacker drove his hijacked delivery truck through a pedestrian street in Stockholm on March 22, 2017, crashing it into a shopping mall. | The attacker drove his hijacked delivery truck through a pedestrian street in Stockholm on March 22, 2017, crashing it into a shopping mall. |
| READ MORE: Aftermath of van ramming into pedestrians in Barcelona | READ MORE: Aftermath of van ramming into pedestrians in Barcelona |
| The crash left 5 people dead and 14 others injured. There was also an improvised explosive device inside the vehicle which didn’t go off. | The crash left 5 people dead and 14 others injured. There was also an improvised explosive device inside the vehicle which didn’t go off. |
| The perpetrator fled the scene but was detained by police the same day. Charges against the IS-linked Uzbek asylum seeker are expected to be put forward by the end of August. | The perpetrator fled the scene but was detained by police the same day. Charges against the IS-linked Uzbek asylum seeker are expected to be put forward by the end of August. |