Melania Trump sends ‘thoughts and prayers’ to Barcelona after van attack

Published August 17, 2017 5:10pm ET



First lady Melania Trump sent her “thoughts and prayers” to Barcelona, Spain, on Thursday after a van drove through a crowd in a busy tourist section of the city, leaving multiple people dead.

“Thoughts and prayers to #Barcelona,” the first lady tweeted, the first condolence statement from the White House.

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