Barcelona terror attack: Van crashes into crowd at Las Ramblas, killing at least 13

ESAT News (August 17, 2017)

A white van crashed into a packed summer crowd this evening in Barcelona’s historic Las Ramblas district. Barcelona police called it a terror attack. Officials said 13 people were killed and 50 injured, according to a report by the Telegraph of U.K.

The driver was arrested around two and a half hours after the attack, reports said.

The vehicle hit pedestrians in Las Ramblas, a busy tree-lined promenade in the centre of the city.
The street is one of the most well-known and popular parts of the city, visited by tourists and locals alike.

Police released a photograph of a man called Maghrebi Driss Oukabir, who is suspected of renting the van which was used to crashed into pedestrians in Las Ramblas.

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. (The Telegraph)