A white van reportedly plowed into a massive crowd in Barcelona, Spain on Thursday (August 17), killing at least 13 people and injuring dozens more. The BBC has confirmed it was a jihadist attack. Witnesses say the suspects zigzagged at high speed down the Las Ramblas thoroughfare, mowing down pedestrians and leaving bodies in its wake.
One suspect was killed and two others have been arrested, according to The Independent. Meanwhile, over 100 people have been hospitalized in connection to the attack.
Many people in the Hip Hop community have taken to social media to express their reactions to the melee, including Russell Simmons, Lyrics Born, Kid Ink and Talib Kweli.
Former president Barack Obama also posted to Twitter and wrote, “Michelle and I are thinking of the victims and their families in Barcelona. Americans will always stand with our Spanish friends. Un abrozo.” Un abrazo is Spanish for “a hug.”
This latest tragedy comes on the heels of the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Check out some of the reactions below.
> get attacked
> do nothing
> 1 like = 1 prayer
> we need to let more of them
> we need to embrace the culture
> get attacked
> do nothing
> 1 like = 1 prayer
> we need to embrace the culture
> repeat
The West is getting what it deserves for millions killed in middle east . . . im just bit sad is not in Amerika
The people that died in were innocent. Stop trolling.
What millions? Learn to count.
Fuck off.
And Africa gets all the aids, genocide and people getting their arms chopped off because? How do you have time to type or use the internet in your hut between Rhino attacks?
Because u little child-raping, inbred little midget pink piglets taught them how to?
Haha! This is what Trump gets for refusing to denounce white supremacy!
Only black lives matter. Remember? How is this news? They weren’t even American if they were black. Come on. Didn’t Drake take a dump this week?