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August 17, 2017

On August 17, 2017, barcelona attacks: A van is driven into pedestrians in La Rambla, killing 14 and injuring at least 100. The year's #1 song was "Shape of You" by Ed Sheeran.

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2017 (MMXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2017th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 17th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 8th year of the 2010s decade.

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On August 17, 2017

  1. 2017 Barcelona attacks: A van is driven into pedestrians in La Rambla, killing 14 and injuring at least 100.

    Terrorist attacks in Spain in August 2017

    On the afternoon of 17 August 2017, 22-year-old Younes Abouyaaqoub drove a van into pedestrians on La Rambla street in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, killing 13 people and injuring at least 130 others, one of whom died 10 days later on 27 August. Abouyaaqoub fled the attack on foot, then killed another person in order to steal the victim's car to make his escape. He was later killed by police in Subirats, a town 31 kilometres (19 mi) west of Barcelona, on 21 August.

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