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Vivid accounts of deadliest terror attacks from five witnesses

- AFP

Following are some vivid accounts by witnesses of the attacks that took place in Barcelona and in the seaside resort town of Cambrils, and the aftermath:

All of a sudden, I just sort of heard a crashing noise and the whole street just started to run, screaming. I saw a woman right next to me screaming for her children.” Aamer Anwar,a human rights lawyer

When it happened I ran out and saw the damage .... There were bodies on the ground with people crowding round them. People were crying. There were lots of foreigners.”

Xavi Perez, local shop worker

My wife and I are on holiday. We left our 15 month-old back in the States. And the only thing I wanted to do is live another day to see her. When we were hunkered down in the back of this man’s shop, kitchen, it was terrifying. We heard a lot of people running. We heard shots fired. At that time, all we had to do was ... you have to contemplat­e ... is this literally here where I die?”

Ash Patel, a US tourist

Within 30 seconds the police was already there, jumped out of the car, started shouting at the guy, the guy was then saying something else again. And then they ‘pop, pop’, did a couple of shots and he fell down. He stood back up and then he stepped over the fence and he started, he was taunting, smiling and he carried on walking to the police, and then they gave it to him again, a couple more shots and then he fell to the ground.” Fitzroy Davies, a British

witness

We were sitting on the balcony of the hotel. We saw everything... the car... the panic everywhere,” said the man, who did not want to be named, adding that they now could not get back to their hotel. The police, they arrived in two minutes, they were very good,” Scottish couple

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