国际英语资讯:Commentary: Thorough rethink in need as terror attacks repeat in Europe_时事

国际英语资讯:Commentary: Thorough rethink in need as terror attacks repeat in Europe

BARCELONA, Aug. 19 -- Perhaps the latest terrorist attacks in Spain may drive us, in an unfortunate way, to have a thorough reflection on the profound causes leading to the recurrences of similar tragedies that we failed to avoid.

Double terrorist attacks on Thursday resulted in heavy casualties in Barcelona and Cambrils. As of the press time, at least 14 innocent people were killed and over 100 others injured, plunging the usually happy Mediterranean touristic cities into deep pain of sorrow.

Over one year ago, a similar attack also claimed by ISIS took place in Nice, France, another touristic Mediterranean city, killing at least 84 and injuring 50 others.

In the past year European countries have suffered a string of terrorist attacks, from Britain to France and Germany, and now to Spain. It reminds people of a question -- why those terrorist attacks could repeat rather than being prevented?

Indeed, those perpetrations were difficult to prevent. In Nice, attackers drove big truck into the crowd and in Barcelona it was a small van. In suburb of Paris it was a car that hit soldiers earlier this month.

And in many cases ordinary tools were used in terrorist attacks, like kitchen knife involved in Hamburg supermarket assault last month and a hammer in the perpetration at Notre Dame de Paris earlier this year.

Perhaps those perpetrators attacking Paris and London were in response to the anti-terror efforts by France and Britain, but attacks to Barcelona and Cambrils were only on the purpose of spreading hate and causing panic.