Barcelona attack: van driven into crowd in Las Ramblas district - live updates Read moreSpanish police, who are treating the incident as a terrorist attack, said people had died in the “massive crash” on Las Ramblas, a wide boulevard in an area of the city popular with tourists. Photograph: Universal News And Sport (Europe)The van entered Las Ramblas where it meets the Plaça de Catalunya, then drove towards the port area. Jordi Lino, who was on a bus going down Las Ramblas, said: “First I saw people running and then the van. Mobile phone footage shows panicked, screaming tourists fleeing through the narrow streets beside Las Ramblas. Las Ramblas, a street of stalls and shops that cuts through the centre of Barcelona, is one of the city’s top tourist destinations.

Source: The Guardian August 17, 2017 15:30 UTC