Over a dozen feared dead in Barcelona terror strike
A van ploughed into crowds in Barcelona’s historic Las Ramblas district on Thursday and Spanish media reported at least 13 people were killed, in what police said they were treating as a terrorist attack.
Police said some people were dead and injured but did not confirm the number of casualties. They said were searching for the driver of the van.
Spanish newspaper El Periodico said two armed men were holed up in a bar in Barcelona’s city centre, and reported gunfire in the area, although it did not cite the source of the information. It was not immediately clear whether the incidents were connected.
Mobile phone footage posted on Twitter showed several bodies strewn along the Ramblas, some motionless. Paramedics and bystanders bent over them, treating them and trying to comfort those still conscious.
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In an email to some of his advisers, Infosys Ltd founder NR Narayana Murthy claimed that he had been told by at least three independent directors of the company that Vishal Sikka was more a chief technology officer (CTO) material than chief executive officer (CEO) material.
The contents of the email from Murthy raise the spectre of deep divisions on the board of Infosys and, more worryingly, also raise questions about Sikka’s future at the company at a time when he is already battling against time to orchestrate a turnaround amid several key top-level executive departures. ››P19