Poroshenko condemns terrorist attack in Barcelona

Published Aug. 18, 2017 at 9:36 am

People leave a cordoned off area after a van ploughed into the crowd, killing two persons and injuring several others on the Rambla in Barcelona on August 17, 2017.A driver deliberately rammed a van into a crowd on Barcelona's most popular street on August 17, 2017 killing at least two people before fleeing to a nearby bar, police said. Officers in Spain's second-largest city said the ramming on Las Ramblas was a "terrorist attack" and a police source said one suspect had left the scene and was "holed up in a bar". The police source said they were hunting for a total of two suspects. / AFP PHOTO / LLUIS GENE

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President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has condemned the terrorist act in the center of Barcelona, noting that there should be no place for hatred and violence in the world.

“Strongly condemn barbaric terrorist act in Barcelona. Our hearts and thoughts are with all affected,” Poroshenko said on its Twitter on August 17 night.

Also, the Ukrainian president said that there should be no place for hatred and violence in the world.

There was no information about whether there are any Ukrainian citizens among the injured at that time.