Several people are injured after a van jumped a curb near Las Ramblas in Barcelona, Spain.
The driver has reportedly fled the scene on foot. Local Spanish media are also reporting that two armed men are holding hostages in a Turkish restaurant in a different part of the city. It is yet unclear as to whether the two incidents are related.
BREAKING: Two armed men have entered a restaurant in Barcelona after van crash – local media https://t.co/CExDnzlJlb pic.twitter.com/LYx5Altsp6
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) August 17, 2017
UPDATE (12:04 p.m.): SkyNews is reporting that two people are dead and Barcelona police are calling the van crash a terror attack.
Two people are thought to have been killed in the van crash that Barcelona police say was a "terrorist attack". Here's what we know pic.twitter.com/v5UjHlElYx
— Sky News (@SkyNews) August 17, 2017
UPDATE (12:53 p.m.): The death toll has risen to 13.
Report: At least 13 dead in #Barcelona crash https://t.co/0njQzzehY4 pic.twitter.com/QVMRryALph
— FOX Business (@FoxBusiness) August 17, 2017
UPDATE (1:25 p.m.): Fox’s Catherine Herridge is reporting that ISIS is celebrating Thursday’s deadly attack.
Catherine Herridge: Contact: ISIS accounts celebrating #Barcelona attack, not a claim of responsibility. pic.twitter.com/d9PhA9CBH9
— Fox News (@FoxNews) August 17, 2017
UPDATE: Spanish authorities have corrected their earlier death tally. There is one confirmed death and 32 injuries.
Catherine Herridge: Contact: ISIS accounts celebrating #Barcelona attack, not a claim of responsibility. pic.twitter.com/d9PhA9CBH9
— Fox News (@FoxNews) August 17, 2017
UPDATE (1:52 p.m.): Fox News is reporting that one suspect has been arrested.
(First reported by Townhall News)https://townhall.com/tipsheet/cortneyobrien/2017/08/17/barcelona-n2370005 (August 17, 2017)
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