3 terror attacks in 3 months: Australian recounts the horror

August 18, 2017 23:34

A 26-year-old tourist from Australia who was caught up in Thursdays Las Ramblas attack has said it was the third terrorist attack she has experienced since she began travelling Europe almost three months ago.

Julia Monaco ended up in lockdown in the London tube in June after a speeding van hit pedestrians on the London Bridge and attackers stabbed people with knives in cafes and restaurants at Borough market. Days later, she was in Paris when French police shot a man who attacked an officer with a hammer outside of the Notre Dame cathedral.

She continued her travels, ending up in a shop off Las Ramblas on Thursday as a van ploughed into the crowds outside. The shops doors were locked and panic spread as people began to suspect that something serious was taking place outside.

Monaco said she was rattled by her third brush with terror, but adamant that she would continue her travels. I dont feel like I want to go home, she said. I feel like I want to stay here and not let them, whoever they might be, win.

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