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| Barcelona attack live: Police confirm 1 dead and 32 injured after van hits crowd in act of terror | |
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| Barcelona police have confirmed a terrorist attack has taken place in the city centre, after a van drove into a crowd of pedestrians in the central Las Ramblas area. | |
| Two armed men are reportedly holed up in a nearby restaurant following the incident. | |
| The men – who may be not be those who drove a van into a huge crowd of people earlier – may be holding hostages inside the restaurant. | The men – who may be not be those who drove a van into a huge crowd of people earlier – may be holding hostages inside the restaurant. |
| Police have said they are still searching for the man who was driving the van, which drove into one of the busiest squares in the city centre. | Police have said they are still searching for the man who was driving the van, which drove into one of the busiest squares in the city centre. |
| Authorities say a van mounted a pavement and struck several people in a "massive crash" in the area of the city that is popular with tourists. | Authorities say a van mounted a pavement and struck several people in a "massive crash" in the area of the city that is popular with tourists. |
| Two armed men reportedly entered a restaurant in the city centre after the van crash. | Two armed men reportedly entered a restaurant in the city centre after the van crash. |
| La Vanguardia newspaper reported that the van entered the pedestrian street from Placa de Catalunya and crashed into the second kiosk on La Rambla. | La Vanguardia newspaper reported that the van entered the pedestrian street from Placa de Catalunya and crashed into the second 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." | 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. | 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. | 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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