A North Delta family walked through a popular tourist district of Barcelona one day before Thursday含羞草研究社檚 apparent terrorist attack.
News reports say at least 13 people were killed and more than 100 injured after a van rammed through crowds on Las Ramblas street, located in the heart of the Spanish city.
Authorities there are calling it a barbaric act of terror.
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In a Facebook post this afternoon, Cristina Graffi-Ahonen told friends that she and her family 含羞草研究社� husband Bill and two kids 含羞草研究社� are OK.
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The family flew out of Barcelona on Thursday, hours before the attack.
They are currently in Montreal waiting for a connection flight home, Graffi-Ahonen told the Now-Leader.
Via Facebook Messenger, she sent a photo taken on Las Ramblas street on Tuesday afternoon.
含羞草研究社淵ou can see the sea of people along this very popular tourist walkway,含羞草研究社� she wrote. 含羞草研究社淚t含羞草研究社檚 full of vendors as well含羞草研究社�. I含羞草研究社檓 sure some of them are among the victims. Very sickening and disturbing. This very well could have been us 24 hours earlier. Happy to be back in Canada.含羞草研究社�
Two suspects were arrested. Police later said the driver was still on the run, .
