Spanish police fire on stolen truck in Barcelona

Spanish police said yesterday they fired on a truck loaded with butane gas bottles which was driving the wrong way down a road in Barcelona, managing to stop it and detain the Swedish driver, reports AFP.
“The driver of the stolen butane truck stolen in Barcelona has a history of psychiatric problems. It was not a terrorist act,” Interior Minister Juan Ignacio Zoido wrote on his Twitter account. Police in the Mediterranean city said they had arrested the driver of the truck, a Swedish national.
“During his arrest shots were fired,” the spokesman told AFP. Barcelona’s city hall said the small white truck—which had dozens of orange gas bottles stacked on the back in plain view—had been stolen.
Mireia Ruiz, a woman who saw the truck from her home nearby, said the driver ignored people screaming at him to stop as he sped down the wrong side of a ring road.

 

Spanish police fire on stolen truck in Barcelona

Spanish police said yesterday they fired on a truck loaded with butane gas bottles which was driving the wrong way down a road in Barcelona, managing to stop it and detain the Swedish driver, reports AFP. The driver of the stolen butane truck stolen in Barcelona has a history of psychiatric problems. It was not a terrorist act, Interior Minister Juan Ignacio Zoido wrote on his Twitter account. Police in the Mediterranean city said they had arrested the driver of the truck, a Swedish national. During his arrest shots were fired, the spokesman told AFP. Barcelonas city hall said the small white truckwhich had dozens of orange gas bottles stacked on the back in plain viewhad been stolen. Mireia Ruiz, a woman who saw the truck from her home nearby, said the driver ignored people screaming at him to stop as he sped down the wrong side of a ring road.