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The United States and its allies will work together to "drive the evil of radical Islamic terror from the face of the Earth," Vice-President Mike Pence pledged Thursday, responding to an ISIS-claimed terror attack in Barcelona.
"This is a tragic day," he said during a visit to Panama. "And the latest scenes of carnage and mayhem sicken us all."
Thirteen people were killed and scores more injured when a van was driven into a crowd of pedestrians in the Spanish city's popular tourist district – the latest in a string of deadly vehicle-ramming attacks in European cities since last summer.