Christmas under siege in Barcelona. How we are enriched by the presence of Muslim migrants! In any case, even if nothing happens there, this jihadi has succeeded in striking terror in the enemies of Allah (cf. Qur’an 8:60), and that is victory in itself.
“Barcelona terror alert: Moroccan ready to carry out attack, US gives urgent travel warning,” by Natalie Penza, Express, December 24, 2018:
POLICE in Barcelona have been warned a Moroccan man could carry out a terror attack in the city on Christmas Day. Officers have been told the Casablanca-born terrorist may try to commit a spectacular massacre in the Catalan capital using a coach or similar type of vehicle.
The terror warning was highlighted by several Spanish papers today who said they had seen an internal alert sent to regional Mossos d’Esquadra officers. The revelation surfaced after the US state department tweeted: “Spain. Exercise heightened caution around areas of vehicle movement including buses in the Las Ramblas area of Barcelona during Christmas and New Year. Respected Catalan daily El Periodico said it had been told by police sources an internal alert had warned officers a man born in the Moroccan city of Casablanca could try to mow down pedestrians using a coach or similar vehicle.
It said the alert had mentioned Christmas Day as the date for the possible attack and said the regional Mossos d’Esquadra had given it “medium” credibility.
Spanish daily El Pais published the initials of the man police are said to be hunting for – B.L. – and described him as a 30-year-old who had a bus licence.
It said: “The Mossos are carrying out checks on minibuses and coaches in the centre of Barcelona, as well as reinforcing security elsewhere, to try to track down the possible suspect.
A Mossos spokesman admitted this morning the force was considering issuing a statement during the day following the publication of the information.
He said: “The terror alert remains on level four out of a possible level five….