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PHOTO: Marc Bartra Writes Emotional Tribute to City of Barcelona After 13 People Die in Van Attack

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Borussia Dortmund defender Marc Bartra has penned a tribute to the victims of the Barcelona terror attack on Thursday.

13 people have been confirmed as dead and over 100 more were injured, when a van deliberately hit people in the famous Las Ramblas boulevard in central Barcelona as it was packed with tourists.

The incident has been deemed a terror attack by authorities and Bartra, a native of Catalonia who previously played for Barcelona as well as Espanyol's youth team, took to Instagram to post a moving message.

He wrote: "Where I was born, where I grew up and where I have the people I love.