 "Barcelona terror attack highlights: Van rams crowd, 13 dead, 50 injured, 1 suspect arrested")
BREAKING: Catalan official says 13 killed in Barcelona van attack, more than 50 injured.
— The Associated Press (@AP) August 17, 2017
Sec. Tillerson: We offer condolences to the loss of life & the injuries that have occurred to so many innocent people yet again. #Barcelona pic.twitter.com/RKcE5MCqNB
— Department of State (@StateDept) August 17, 2017
Spanish police release photo of Driss Oukabir, man alleged to have rented van used in #Barcelona attackhttps://t.co/yUoefy3QO4 pic.twitter.com/ZEzpRtJPnO
— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) August 17, 2017
A driver deliberately smashed a van into a crowd on Barcelona’s most popular street on Thursday, killing at least one person before fleeing to a nearby bar, police said. Spanish public broadcaster RTVE says 1 suspect in Barcelona van attack has been arrested, reports AP.
Police in Barcelona cite multiple deaths and are treating today's incident as terrorism https://t.co/PNdifuM1LT pic.twitter.com/EyOkmjrguH
— Bloomberg (@business) August 17, 2017
BREAKING: Police confirm #Barcelona incident was a terror attack. Here’s what we know https://t.co/kHnZ3Egh5F pic.twitter.com/oW7yJ6sIY5
— CNN (@CNN) August 17, 2017
#BREAKING One man arrested over Barcelona attack: regional police
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) August 17, 2017
[caption id=“attachment_3942905” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  Police officers cordon off a street in Barcelona, Spain. AP[/caption] Officers in Spain’s second-largest city said the ramming on the popular Las Ramblas boulevard was a “terrorist attack” and a police source said one suspect had left the scene and was “holed up in a bar”. Regional interior minister Joaquin Forn said that at least one person had been killed and 32 others were wounded, warning however that the toll could rise. A local government source earlier said two people had died. Vehicles have been used in several terror attacks in Europe in recent years, including a jihadist massacre that claimed 86 lives in the French Riviera city of Nice. The famous Las Ramblas is one of Barcelona’s busiest streets, lined with shops and restaurants and normally thronged with tourists and street performers until well into the night. Police said there had been a “huge collision” between a van and pedestrians on the thoroughfare and a police source said officers were seeking a total of two suspects. US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is sending condolences to the families and victims of the attack in Barcelona and has offered U.S. assistance to authorities in Spain. He said U.S. diplomats in Spain are currently assisting Americans there and asked those who are safe to notify their friends and families. He said the United States would never relent in tracking down terrorist suspects and holding them to account for their actions. He said “terrorists around the world should know that the United States and our allies are resolved to find you and bring you to justice”, reports AP. Chaotic scenes were witnessed at busy commercial area of Barcelona. Police in the northern Spanish city say a white van jumped the sidewalk in the district. The police has confirmed that the incident was “most likely” a terrorist attack. Following the incident, the neighbourhood was cordoned off, with several ambulances and police vehicles on the scene, an AFP correspondent said. Stores were also shut down in the area. According to CNN, eight ambulances are on the scene so far and citizens have been evacuated. A photograph shown by public broadcaster RTVE allegedly shows three people lying on the ground in the street. Catalan emergency services have warned people to stay away from around Plaça de Catalunya, an area popular with tourists. According to AP, Las Ramblas is a street comprising several stalls and shops and cuts through the center of Barcelona, and is one of the city’s top tourist destinations. People walk down a wide, pedestrianised path in the center of the street, but cars can travel on either side. Agencies
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