Spain attacks - Van hits crowds in Ramblas, Barcelona. Second related incident in Cambrils - Sensationalist Headlines

[media]https://twitter.com/BBCBreaking/status/898643058987720705[/media] [quote]The key suspect in Thursday's Barcelona attack, Moussa Oukabir, has been named as one of five men killed by police in the other attack site, Cambrils. Police had earlier said they were searching for Oukabir and three other men, but only one remains unaccounted for. Four suspects have been arrested.[/quote]

[QUOTE=GhillieBacca;52588059]Are you being daft on purpose or something? Bollards are more than just """anti-parking deterrants""". Sudden acceleration on unrecalled cars or elderly drivers is a thing too you know? And these happen as often. [/QUOTE] In Europe bollards are used to prevent vehicles from driving into pedestrian areas, onto sidewalks or other areas off-limits to motor vehicles. They are technically incapable of stopping a runaway car, but cheap in turn. They are often used in fire access lanes to big buildings. If the triwing opening mechanism is rusted away, fire departments regularly just drive over them. They are hollow metal tubes/profiles that are mounted maybe 20cm into the ground. They are neither designed or capable of stopping even an SUV. They are the equivalent to shitty padlocks, they are to keep honest people out, not stop terrorists or runaway cars.

[QUOTE=SEKCobra;52588239]In Europe bollards are used to prevent vehicles from driving into pedestrian areas, onto sidewalks or other areas off-limits to motor vehicles. They are technically incapable of stopping a runaway car, but cheap in turn. They are often used in fire access lanes to big buildings. If the triwing opening mechanism is rusted away, fire departments regularly just drive over them. They are hollow metal tubes/profiles that are mounted maybe 20cm into the ground. They are neither designed or capable of stopping even an SUV. They are the equivalent to shitty padlocks, they are to keep honest people out, not stop terrorists or runaway cars.[/QUOTE] Probably time to install some new upgraded ones then.

Well, around here, solid metal balls are commonly seen as bollards. Those will fuck up any car. Also, have some friends living in Barcelona, they are okay, and all I can say is all my support goes to the victims and their loved ones, and that all there is to do is to carry on. We had a train blown up because the egomaniac of a president we had back then kept pushing for waging war on Irak. We had 50 years of domestic terrorism, which started as antifascist terrorism. We had 40 years of fascist rule after a Civil War where the Nazis tested their weapons and tactics while the allies looked to the other side. We can carry on. But I'd say we should cut some ties with fucking Wahhabism; the Islamic equivalent of the Westboro Baptist Church shouldn't be that influential. And it isn't really common in Morocco, the country where most of the Spanish Muslim people have their roots in, anyway.

[QUOTE=SEKCobra;52588239]In Europe bollards are used to prevent vehicles from driving into pedestrian areas, onto sidewalks or other areas off-limits to motor vehicles. They are technically incapable of stopping a runaway car, but cheap in turn. They are often used in fire access lanes to big buildings. If the triwing opening mechanism is rusted away, fire departments regularly just drive over them. They are hollow metal tubes/profiles that are mounted maybe 20cm into the ground. They are neither designed or capable of stopping even an SUV. They are the equivalent to shitty padlocks, they are to keep honest people out, not stop terrorists or runaway cars.[/QUOTE] Then...build better ones? It's not exactly a genius thought.

[media]https://twitter.com/mossos/status/899668568958173185[/media] Fuck yes.

Portuguese sources say he had a suicide vest on. Was the fucker gonna go for round 2?!

[QUOTE=Rocâ„¢;52597177]Portuguese sources say he had a suicide vest on. Was the fucker gonna go for round 2?![/QUOTE] [URL="https://twitter.com/24h_tve/status/899660583607443457"]Local news[/URL] report that it was a fake vest, so I guess it was just for scaring and deterring the police/civs.