Dhaka condemns Barcelona van attack

Bangladesh has condemned the attack in Spain when a van rammed into a crowd about 70 miles away in Barcelona, killing at least 13 people.

Bangladesh also conveyed sympathies to the victims and their families.

State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam on Friday tweeted condemning the attack on civilians and law enforcement agencies and tagged it with the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

"We condemn the attack on civilians and law enforcement agencies. Our thoughts and prayers are with victims and their families," the tweet reads.

A van veered onto a promenade and barreled down the busy walkway in central Barcelona on Thursday, swerving back and forth as it mowed down pedestrians and turned a picturesque tourist destination into a bloody killing zone, reports AP.

Thirteen people were killed and 100 were injured, 15 of them seriously, in what authorities called a terrorist attack.

Police in Spain announced early Friday they killed five people in a suspected second terror attack in Cambrils, hours after a van rammed into a crowd about 70 miles away in Barcelona, killing at least 13 people, reports international media.

Source: unb