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SIMILAR: The 3.5 tonne Volvo (left) was nicked from a haulage firm
The disappearance of the HGV has sparked panic as carnivals are due to begin in Catalonia, north east Spain.
The 3.5 tonne Volvo with a white cabin and blue trailer was taken from a haulage firm a 45–minute drive from Barcelona.
Spain is currently on a high terror alert and jihadis have used such vehicles in recent attacks.
A police spokesperson said: “Between February 4 and 5 a 3.5 tonne lorry was stolen from the premises of a firm in Castellbisbal.
“Given that we are currently on terror alert level four and next week activities are being held to coincide with annual carnivals, we feel it is appropriate that this information is broadcast as soon as possible.”
Jihadi nut Anis Amri ploughing a hijacked lorry through a packed festive market in the German capital in December 2016.
He killed 12 and injured 56 others in the horrific attack.
Moroccan Younes Abouyaaqoub, 22, used a rented van to mow down and kill 22 people in Barcelona’s Las Ramblas resort last August.
In July 2016 a Tunisian man deliberately drove a truck into crowds celebrating Bastille Day in the French city of Nice, killing 86 people.
Additional reporting by Gerard Couzens
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SIMILAR: The 3.5 tonne Volvo (left) was nicked from a haulage firm
The disappearance of the HGV has sparked panic as carnivals are due to begin in Catalonia, north east Spain.
The 3.5 tonne Volvo with a white cabin and blue trailer was taken from a haulage firm a 45–minute drive from Barcelona.
Spain is currently on a high terror alert and jihadis have used such vehicles in recent attacks.
A police spokesperson said: “Between February 4 and 5 a 3.5 tonne lorry was stolen from the premises of a firm in Castellbisbal.
“Given that we are currently on terror alert level four and next week activities are being held to coincide with annual carnivals, we feel it is appropriate that this information is broadcast as soon as possible.”
Jihadi nut Anis Amri ploughing a hijacked lorry through a packed festive market in the German capital in December 2016.
He killed 12 and injured 56 others in the horrific attack.
Moroccan Younes Abouyaaqoub, 22, used a rented van to mow down and kill 22 people in Barcelona’s Las Ramblas resort last August.
In July 2016 a Tunisian man deliberately drove a truck into crowds celebrating Bastille Day in the French city of Nice, killing 86 people.
Additional reporting by Gerard Couzens
PH/EPA
SIMILAR: The 3.5 tonne Volvo (left) was nicked from a haulage firm
The disappearance of the HGV has sparked panic as carnivals are due to begin in Catalonia, north east Spain.
The 3.5 tonne Volvo with a white cabin and blue trailer was taken from a haulage firm a 45–minute drive from Barcelona.
Spain is currently on a high terror alert and jihadis have used such vehicles in recent attacks.
A police spokesperson said: “Between February 4 and 5 a 3.5 tonne lorry was stolen from the premises of a firm in Castellbisbal.
“Given that we are currently on terror alert level four and next week activities are being held to coincide with annual carnivals, we feel it is appropriate that this information is broadcast as soon as possible.”
Jihadi nut Anis Amri ploughing a hijacked lorry through a packed festive market in the German capital in December 2016.
He killed 12 and injured 56 others in the horrific attack.
Moroccan Younes Abouyaaqoub, 22, used a rented van to mow down and kill 22 people in Barcelona’s Las Ramblas resort last August.
In July 2016 a Tunisian man deliberately drove a truck into crowds celebrating Bastille Day in the French city of Nice, killing 86 people.
Additional reporting by Gerard Couzens
PH/EPA
SIMILAR: The 3.5 tonne Volvo (left) was nicked from a haulage firm
The disappearance of the HGV has sparked panic as carnivals are due to begin in Catalonia, north east Spain.
The 3.5 tonne Volvo with a white cabin and blue trailer was taken from a haulage firm a 45–minute drive from Barcelona.
Spain is currently on a high terror alert and jihadis have used such vehicles in recent attacks.
A police spokesperson said: “Between February 4 and 5 a 3.5 tonne lorry was stolen from the premises of a firm in Castellbisbal.
“Given that we are currently on terror alert level four and next week activities are being held to coincide with annual carnivals, we feel it is appropriate that this information is broadcast as soon as possible.”
Jihadi nut Anis Amri ploughing a hijacked lorry through a packed festive market in the German capital in December 2016.
He killed 12 and injured 56 others in the horrific attack.
Moroccan Younes Abouyaaqoub, 22, used a rented van to mow down and kill 22 people in Barcelona’s Las Ramblas resort last August.
In July 2016 a Tunisian man deliberately drove a truck into crowds celebrating Bastille Day in the French city of Nice, killing 86 people.
Additional reporting by Gerard Couzens
