BARCELONA Nike Air Force 1 UK Store , Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- A lone police officer, who shot and killed four members of a terrorist cell in the second Spain terror attack in the coastal town of Cambrils on Thursday suffered a "severe emotional shock", El Mundo, the second largest daily newspaper of Spain, reported on Sunday.
The officer, dubbed as "the Hero of Cambrils", a former member of the Spanish Foreign Legion Nike Air Force 1 Skeleton UK , is receiving the help of police psychologists specialized in this kind of traumas, the report said.
The officer, confirmed as a female, shot and killed the four among the five members of the terrorist cell as they, armed with machetes and guns, attempted to carry out an attack in the coastal town, 170 kilometers south of Barcelona Nike Air Force 1 Foamposite UK , a few hours after 13 people were killed and over 120 injured when a van was driven at high speed into crowds on Barcelona's Las Ramblas.
The officer, a member of the Mossos d'Esquadra force (Catalan police force), acted after the terrorists in Cambrils drove through a police control and attempted to drive through another, while attempting to mow down anyone in their path and then stabbing a woman to death after they had crashed their car.
After realizing the seriousness of the situation, the officer, who is described as someone with "enormous technical qualifications for using weapons and in taking rapid decisions," shot the four of the terrorists dead Nike Air Force 1 Jester UK , preventing more fatalities on an already bloody day.
The report said this officer had volunteered to do extra hours to be part of an extra security allocation on duty to tighten controls in the wake of the Barcelona massacre hours ago.
The authorities are doing everything possible to protect the anonymity of the officer, as they believe it is fundamental to protect the family of the officer" from possible reprisals from jihadist groups.
Thirteen people were killed and about 120 others injured on Thursday afternoon in the popular Las Ramblas area of Barcelona when a white van zigzagged at high speed down the busy avenue thronged with tourists, knocking down pedestrians.
On early Friday, the 14th victim, a woman, was reportedly stabbed when five people jumped out of a car and began attacking people at random on the seaside promenade in Cambrils.
The fifth terrorist managed to flee the hero cop, but was shot dead by another officer.
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HOUSTON, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- A protest for the removal of a Confederate statue on Saturday afternoon ended here peacefully thanks to the crowd control measures used by the Houston Police Department (HPD).
Hundreds of people attended the event, which lasted two and a half hours. The protesters marched along the streets of Houston, holding a slogan that read: "White people Nike Air Force 1 Utility UK , what will we do today to end our legacy of violence?"
Black Lives Matter Houston organized the protest to call for the removal of the "Spirit of the Confederacy" statue in a Houston downtown park.
Houston Police Department (HPD) beefed up security measures to make sure the protest would proceed without causing any violations.
Police Chief Art Acevedo said on Friday that the violence that erupted last week in Charlottesville, Virginia, would't happen in Houston.
"We will not stand idly by watching anyone deface or destroy public property or private property, or attack and physically injure other individuals," he said.
Last weekend saw violent clashes between a number of white power protesters and counter protesters in Charlottesville in the U.S. state of Virginia. Fights broke out as white supremacist protesters clashed with counter protesters, leaving both sides bloody, bruised and battered.
Reports indicated that police were overwhelmed and backed off Nike Air Force 1 UK Free Shipping , leaving the two groups in a chaotic free-for-all. A car plowed into the counter protesters, sending bodies flying and killing a 32-year-old woman.
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For many Chinese Nike Air Force 1 UK Wholesale , Colombo is a great place to shop for jewelry and tea, but for Li Yong, the Sri Lankan capital is the location of the latest in his chain of Chinese bookstores.
Li's company, Kunming Xinzhi Group, is China's largest private book retailer, with 58 outlets around the country. It opened its fifth overseas bookstore in late November in Sri Lanka. The 450-square-meter shop is the first in South Asia, but others have opened in Phnom Penh Nike Air Force 1 UK , Vientiane, Kuala Lumpur and Mandalay in Myanmar during the past two years.