On Thursday, a terrorist drove a van into a crowded tourist area in Barcelona.
According to reports, 13 people have been reported dead as a result of this terrorist attack. At least 50 other people were injured in the attack.
According to FOX News:
“At least one suspect has been arrested after a van plowed into a crowd of pedestrians in a popular Barcelona tourist area Thursday — resulting in at least 13 dead — as images of the carnage, showing bodies lying crumpled and bleeding in the street, flooded forth from the Spanish city.
Interior Minister Joaquim Forn, condemned the attack, adding the number of 13 dead and about 50 injured may change because there are serious injuries.
“We are working to restore maximum order,” he told a group of reporters.
The incident took place on Las Ramblas of Barcelona, the famous main pedestrian walk way that crosses the city. Police described the incident on Twitter as a “massive crash.”
Spain’s public broadcaster said at least one suspect in the Barcelona van attack has been arrested. State-owned broadcaster RTVE reported a man was detained a few hours after the attack.
A private Spanish news agency, Europa Press, reported that police were looking for a man named Driss Oukabir, it wasn’t clear if that person is the man who was arrested.
RTVE reported investigators think two vans were used — one for the attack and a second as a getaway vehicle.
Barcelona’s Tv3: also reported the Spanish passport of a person of Moroccan origin was found at the scene of the attack.”
