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A senior police official in
Police Major
Trapero says the arrests were made in the northern Catalan town of Ripoll and in Alcanar, the site of the Wednesday night explosion. He says neither detained suspect was the driver of the van used in the fatal attack in
He says the man drove the attack van down the pedestrian walkway from the top of Las Ramblas to near the city's opera house and then set out on foot. Trepero says it doesn't appear the driver was armed.
The interior chief for
Senior police official
Trapero says the two suspects in custody were directly linked to the attack, "but that doesn't mean that either were the author of the attack."
The government in
The regional interior department said late Thursday that 15 people were seriously injured in the attack at the central Las Ramblas district.
Another 23 were moderately wounded and 42 people were lightly wounded.
The injured are being cared for at various hospitals.
Catalonia's regional president, Carles Puigdemont, tells
Top officials in
Prime Minister
Foreign Minister
Belgian federal police, whose officers have been working extra duties as the country has been on high alert for more than a year, also said that "our thoughts are with the people of
The
A statement carried by the extremist group's media arm — the Aamaq news agency — says Thursday's attack was carried out by "soldiers of the
It says the attack was in response to
The statement provided no further details about the attackers.
The police force for
The Mossos d'Esquadra force did not indicate if the incident was related to the van attack in the city's Las Ramblas district on Thursday that left 12 people dead and dozens injured.
Local media reports said a white Ford Focus ran over the officers and that a person from the car was shot and killed by regional troopers.
Neither the city nor regional police have said whether a suspect was shot.
This item has been corrected to show that it was local media, not police, saying a suspect had been shot and killed after two officers were knocked over at a checkpoint.
The president of
Carles Puigdemont also gave updated casualty figures during a brief news conference Thursday night.
Puigdemont says 12 people are confirmed dead and at least 80 have been hospitalized since the van jumped a sidewalk and swerved through a busy pedestrian area.
The region's interior minister had tweeted earlier that 13 people had died in the attack.
A speeding van struck pedestrians in
The royal palace's statement, which was posted on Twitter, also said that "All of
In a separate tweet, Prime Minister
The main boulevard leading to the piazza has been closed to traffic for well over a year.
He added: "This cowardly attack has deliberately targeted those enjoying life and sharing time with family and friends. We will never be cowed by such barbarism."
French President
Nice Mayor
President
Trump also says in a statement on Twitter that the
The
Trump's wife, first lady
At least 13 people were killed and at least 50 injured after a van was driven onto a sidewalk and down a pedestrian zone in
A regional government official in
Catalan Interior Minister official
Regional police now are evacuating stores and bars in the Las Ramblas district.
The move came right after police announced they had arrested one suspect and were "treating him as a terrorist."
Speaking to reporters at the
He says
Tillerson says
He said "terrorists around the world should know that
The police force for
The police force announced the arrest on Twitter Thursday evening.
It denied earlier media reports that officers had a suspect surrounded in a bar.
The tweet said: "There is nobody held up in any bar in the center of
Meanwhile, the region's interior minister is calling on residents to remain indoors and avoid unnecessary travel while the investigation continues.
State-owned broadcaster RTVE reported Thursday night that a man was detained a few hours after a van drove into crowds in the popular Las Ramblas district.
Police have not confirmed an arrest.
A private Spanish news agency,
It wasn't clear if that person is the man who was arrested.
RTVE says investigators think two vans were used — one for the attack and a second as a getaway vehicle.
A
The television station says police have surrounded a bar called
Police haven't confirmed they have a suspect cornered.
Meanwhile, a regional government official says all public festivities scheduled in
A government official in
Catalonia's regional interior chief
Media in
A van mounted a sidewalk in the popular tourist area of Las Ramblas, slamming into a crowd of pedestrians on Thursday afternoon.
The
Chief of staff John Kelly is aware of the developments and is keeping the president informed.
Trump is on a working vacation at his private golf club in
Police in
Police in
A van slammed into pedestrians on Thursday in
Catalan police said: "We confirm the terrorist attack. The protocol for terrorist attacks has been activated."
Media outlets, including Cadena SER radio station and TV3, are reporting up to 13 dead. Other reports had varying death tolls.
An official death toll has not been issued.
He says he saw "women and children just running and they looked terrified." Fleming heard a bang, possibly from someone rolling down a store shutter, as more people raced by.
The American living in the Spanish city says police arrived and pushed everyone a full block down the street. He says the officers still are there with guns drawn and riot police stationed at the end of the block.
His street now is deserted.
Fleming says: "It's just kind of a tense situation...."Clearly, people were scared."
Police in
Catalan police tweeted that "there are mortal victims and injured from the crash" without specifying numbers. The
A van jumped the sidewalk in
Authorities say a van mounted a sidewalk in the iconic Las Ramblas area of
A van mounted a sidewalk in the popular tourist area of Las Ramblas in
A white van jumped the sidewalk in
In a photograph shown by public broadcaster RTVE, three people were lying on the ground in the street of the northern Spanish city Thursday afternoon, apparently being helped by police and others. Videos of the scene recorded people screaming as they fled.
Police cordoned off the broad, popular street, ordering stores and nearby Metro and train stations to close. They asked people to stay away from the area so as not to get in the way of emergency services. A helicopter hovered over the scene.
Police in the northern Spanish city of
In a photograph shown by public broadcaster RTVE, three people were lying on the ground in the street Thursday afternoon and were apparently being helped by police and others.
Police cordoned off the broad street and shut down its stores. They asked people to stay away from the area so as not to get in the way of the emergency services. A helicopter hovered over the scene.
Las Ramblas, a street of stalls and shops that cuts through the center of
Police in the northern Spanish city of
They say on their Twitter account that several people are possibly injured.
In a photograph shown by public broadcaster RTVE, three people were lying on the ground in the street and were apparently being helped by police and others.
Police cordoned off the broad street and shut down its stores
Police in the northern Spanish city of
Police say on their Twitter account there are possibly several injured.
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