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Barcelona 'attack': Van 'drives into dozens of people' on La Rambla in the city centre Barcelona terror attack: Van drives into crowd of people in central Las Ramblas area
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Police and emergency services are responding to an incident on La Rambla in Barcelona, in which multiple people are feared injured, Spanish media reported. Police and emergency services are responding to an incident in the Las Ramblas area of Barcelona in which a van has ploughed into a crowd of people, injuring many.
Barcelona Police has confirmed that "a massive crash" involving a van has taken place in the city centre.  Authorities said the vehicle mounted a pavement and struck people in a "massive crash" in an area of the city that is popular with tourists. 
La Vanguardia newspaper reported that the van hit a group of people on La Rambla, a street which is very popular with tourists.  The El Pais newspaper reported that the driver of the vehicle had fled on foot, while a single news agency reported that police were treating the incident as a terrorist attack. 
Police reportedly evacuated the area.  The Reuters news agency reported that two armed men had entered a restaurant in the city centre after the van crash. One witness told The Independent he had heard a hostage situation was unfolding. 
  The van entered the pedestrian street from Placa de Catalunya and crashed into a kiosk on La Rambla. 
Daniela Goicoechea, who was walking along La Rambla with three children aged one, two and five, told The Independent: "People started running but we didn't know what was happening. There was a lot of people running. Then policemen began chasing people. We were lost, we ran with three babies and hid in a cafe nearby." 
Pictures of the van show a white vehicle with the logo of the rental company Telefurgo on its side. 
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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