![As Vehicle Attacks Rise, an Ordinary Object Becomes an Instrument of Fear](https://eng-archive.aawsat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/van.jpg)
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The van that plowed into the crowd on Las Ramblas, in Barcelona, Spain, being towed. Javier Soriano/Agence France Presse
![As Vehicle Attacks Rise, an Ordinary Object Becomes an Instrument of Fear](https://eng-archive.aawsat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/van.jpg)
The van that plowed into the crowd on Las Ramblas, in Barcelona, Spain, being towed. Javier Soriano/Agence France Presse