Several Dead, Many Injured as Large Van Plows Into Crowd in Barcelona
Perpetrators Believed to Be Armed and in Hiding
#BREAKING: Police in Barcelona, Spain suspect terror attack after van plows into crowd https://t.co/JmU2xs1rr0
— WSVN 7 News (@wsvn) August 17, 2017
A “massive” white van Thursday plowed into a crowd in Barcelona. Initial reports say two people are dead, and up to 20 have been injured. Those figures likely will change. Police believe the incident is terrorism, again according to initial reports. The operators of the van fled on foot and are believed to be armed and “holed up in a bar.”
There are a “number of deaths†and “many injuries†after a van rammed into a crowd of people, Catalan police tell #CNN #Barcelona
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) August 17, 2017
The van crashed into people in the Las Ramblas district, a pedestrian mall popular with tourists.
“We understand there are deaths, and you can see bodies on the ground,” says CBS News correspondent @Debora_Patta https://t.co/M3TaFeGwtS pic.twitter.com/khFK0QX0dJ
— CBS News (@CBSNews) August 17, 2017
“Las Ramblas, a street of stalls and shops that cuts through the center of Barcelona, is one of the city’s top tourist destinations. People walk down a wide, pedestrianized path in the center of the street, but cars can travel on either side,” the AP reports.
“The Spanish newspaper El Pais quoted unnamed police sources as saying the perpetrators of the crash were holed up in a bar in Tallers Street. There was no immediate police confirmation of the report.”
“It was just kind of an immediate stampede in the opposite direction,” witness says of scene in Barcelona https://t.co/M3TaFeGwtS pic.twitter.com/Zrp6Hk59xC
— CBS News (@CBSNews) August 17, 2017
Video shows disturbing scene after vehicle hits crowd of people on a busy Barcelona street; injuries reported. https://t.co/V2G604oJP2 pic.twitter.com/5VRmDUzvtG
— ABC News (@ABC) August 17, 2017
And just five days apart, a white nationalist and apparent terrorists use vehicles to attack crowds in #Charlottesville & #Barcelona https://t.co/lp5XUks6bH
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) August 17, 2017
“We understand there are deaths, and you can see bodies on the ground,” says CBS News correspondent @Debora_Patta https://t.co/M3TaFeGwtS pic.twitter.com/khFK0QX0dJ
— CBS News (@CBSNews) August 17, 2017
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