2017 Catalonia attacks
jihadist terrorist attacks in Catalonia, Spain in August 2017
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Summary
2017 Catalonia attacks is a vehicle-ramming attack[1]. It draws 4,642 Wikipedia views per month (vehicle ramming attack category, ranking #7 of 30).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Catalonia[3]
- Country: Spain[4]
- Instance of: mass murder[5]
- Location: Barcelona[6], Cambrils[7], Alcanar[8], Subirats[9]
- Part of: Jihadism in Spain[10]
- Commons category: 2017 Barcelona attack[11]
- Armament: Fiat Talento[12]
- Target: pedestrian[13]
- Point in time: August 17, 2017[14]
- Has cause: Islamic extremism[15]
- Number of deaths: 14[16], 1[17], 2[18], 5[19]
- Number of injured: 151[20]
- Has effect: reactions to the 2017 Barcelona attack[21]
- Hashtag: TotsSomBarcelona[22], OrgullBarcelona[23], TodosSomosCataluña[24], TodosSomosBarcelona[25], Notincpor[26]
- Number of perpetrators: 12[27]
Why It Matters
2017 Catalonia attacks has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]