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| Barcelona: Van hits crowds in Ramblas tourist area | Barcelona: Van hits crowds in Ramblas tourist area |
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| A van has ploughed into crowds in Barcelona's Las Ramblas tourist area. | |
| Police are reporting that people were killed in the "massive crash", and emergency services are urging people to stay away from the Plaça de Catalunya. | |
| People took cover in nearby shops and cafes, while emergency services have requested the closure of local metro and train stations. | |
| El Pais newspaper said the driver of the vehicle had fled on foot after mowing down dozens of people. | El Pais newspaper said the driver of the vehicle had fled on foot after mowing down dozens of people. |
| Other media reports say police are treating the incident as a terror attack, and that one or two armed men have now barricaded themselves inside a bar in the area. | |
| Steven Turner, who works in the area, told the BBC: "People in my office saw a van ramming into people on Las Ramblas. | |
| "I saw about three or four people lying on the ground." | "I saw about three or four people lying on the ground." |
| "There are lots of ambulances and armed police with assault rifles around now." | "There are lots of ambulances and armed police with assault rifles around now." |
| Details of this incident are still unclear, but vehicles have been used to ram into crowds in a series of attacks across Europe since July last year. | |
| Aamer Anwar said he was walking down Las Ramblas, which was "jam-packed" with tourists. | |
| "All of a sudden, I just sort of heard a crashing noise and the whole street just started to run, screaming. I saw a woman right next to me screaming for her kids," he told Sky News. | |
| "Police were very, very quickly there, police officers with guns, batons, everywhere. Then the whole street started getting pushed back. | |
| "Police officers who got there just started screaming at people to move back, move back." | |
| Las Ramblas | Las Ramblas |
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