Stolen Truck in Barcelona stopped by Police via gunfire

Spanish police used gunfire in an attempt to stop the driver of a stolen truck laden with household gas canisters who was heading in the wrong direction near the city centre on Barcelona’s main ring road.

Police shot at the lorry’s windscreen after a high-speed chase during which some of the gas containers had fallen off the trailer, with one person reported injured by a falling canister.

In total the police said they fired seven times at the lorry, as well as warning shots in the air, but the driver did not stop. At one point, a policeman had to jump out of the way.

“He was driving forward obsessively but he did not aim at pedestrians,” a police spokesperson said.

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Apparently, it was not aiming for pedestrians, so it doesn't sound very Kebab to me, though I wouldn't be surprised if there is some Kebab involvement.

That being said, there's reports the police shot the driver, but those have been debunked.
 
Nah, the reports say they shot the motor of the vehicle and all injured persons are because either of lateral collision with the truck while avoid the frontal, or because of the gas cannisters that fell off. But the Swedish guy seemed to have some psychological antecedents and they're checking for drug abuse.

Meh, it could have worse, I guess. He could have reached the main ring road.
 
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