In Barcelona, five minutes of 'pure panic' and 'absolute terror'
BARCELONA — It was another mellow summer afternoon on a world-renowned boulevard, a site of teeming crowds and bustling cafés. Then there was a flash of white. A rented Fiat van swung onto La Rambla, a broad, tree-lined pedestrian thoroughfare, and the driver pressed down hard on the gas. Almost immediately, he began to maim and kill.