LIVE | Barcelona terror attack: van crashes into crowd at Las Ramblas, killing 'at least 13'

Terror in Barcelona as van hits crowd in
Las Ramblas
13 people killed and 50 people injured
Suspect arrested after escaping scene on
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A white van crashed into a packed summer
crowd this evening in Barcelona's historic
Las Ramblas district. Barcelona police called
it a terror attack. Officials said 13 people
were killed and 50 injured.
The driver was arrested around two and a
half hours after the attack, reports said.
The vehicle hit pedestrians in Las Ramblas,
a busy tree-lined promenade in the centre
of the city.
Police released a photograph of a man
called Maghrebi Driss Oukabir, who is
suspected of renting the van which was
used to crashed into pedestrians in Las
Ramblas.
A handout photo made available by Spanish National
Police shows Maghrebi Driss Oukabir, alleged to
have rented the van which was used to crashed into
pedestrians in Las Ramblas CREDIT: SPANISH
NATIONAL POLICE/ HANDOUT
Catalan police tweeted "there are mortal
victims and injured from the crash" without
specifying any numbers. Spanish media,
including Cadena SER radio station and
TV3, reported up to 13 dead, while other
media had varying death tolls.
Pictured: the van reportedly used in the attack
"Huge collision on Las Ramblas
in Barcelona by an individual driving a
van, many injuries," a statement from
Catalan police added.
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The street is one of the most well-known
and popular parts of the city, visited by
tourists and locals alike.
Images posted on social media appear to
show people being tended to as they lay on
the street.
Reports said the driver escaped the scene
on foot and was holed up in a bar in Tallers
Street. Armed police ran down the streets
and through a market, checking in stores
and cafes.
In photographs and videos, at least five
people could be seen lying on the ground in
the streets of the northern Spanish city on
Thursday afternoon, being helped by police
and others. Other video recorded people
screaming as they fled the van.
Carol Augustin, a manager at La Palau
Moja, an 18th-century place on Las Ramblas
that houses government offices and a
tourism information center, said the van
passed right in front of the building.
"We saw everything. People started
screaming and running into the office. It
was such a chaotic situation. There were
families with children. The police made us
close the doors and wait inside," she said.
While full details of the incident were not
immediately clear, since July 2016 vehicles
have been used to ram into crowds in a
series of militant attacks across Europe,
killing well over 100 people in Nice, Berlin,
London and Stockholm.

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