17 August 2017
By Andrew Griffin
Two armed men (click here) are holed up in a Barcelona restaurant after a terror attack there and may have taken hostages.
The men – who may not be those who drove a van into a huge crowd of people earlier, though are presumed to be linked to them – may be holding hostages inside the restaurant.
Police have said they are still searching for the man who was driving the van, which drove into one of the busiest squares in the city centre.
The Turkish restaurant at the centre of the situation is called Luna de Estambul, or The Istanbul Moon, El País reported. That is just around the corner from the Las Ramblas tourist spot where the attack happened....
The change in methodology when it comes to terror attacks probably brings more recruits with it. But, I didn't expect the militia response for hostages after this attack. It is different. Charlottesville was different, but, this is yet another criminal element to the attack. I think of hostages in places in the Middle East. But, considering the migration of middle east terrorists into Europe, it is not a surprise this is occurring.
There was a hostage taking in Australia a few years ago, too.
