is bad van. possibly two people emerge, got themselves lost in the crowd and ended up with this turkish restaurant according to local authorities. the closest i get to confirmation is quoting police and that is what i'm doing. we mentioned a second man about 40 miles away, here's a picture of that, authorities are speaking on that. >> you are not allowed to get in. transportation has been shut down officially, if you need to go somewhere, i need to walk home because there is no transportation available. >> just in terms of the feel of the city at the moment, of course as you were mentioning there, a fairly sizable part of it has been cordoned off and evacuated. it appears we are getting further away from the incident itself, our tensions beginning to draft just a little? >> you know, it's weird because if you walk up a couple of blocks, it is typical. people seem relatively calm. you see in their faces, they are on their phone with some concern trying to figure out what is next, we don't know. wh

it isn't just a slightly out—of—control van. asi just a slightly out—of—control van.o my flat, 50 metres away, it was traumatic. i ran into the shops, people were running into shops and bars, shutters were coming down. the police cordoned off the road entirely. and how busy was it in the streets before the attack? road entirely. and how busy was it in the streets before the attack7m is packed, it is always packed. some are in barcelona is the ultimate tourist attraction. it is difficult walking out pace down las ramblas because there is always people around, it is so busy. it is strange, five or ten minutes after, i heard another big bang. i don't know what it was, i did not know whether it was a bomb or something like that. there were more screens, it could have easily been someone putting down their shutters forcefully but there was another bang. there were a few people who started running away again. right now, my road is completely cordoned off. you know, it is such a densely populated street in terms of the amount of people along las ramblas, in the space of 20 m

we knew he rented the van. it's our understanding now he is the one that has been arrested as a suspect. and he, according to some media reports, he had a lot to say on facebook. he is being widely reported on across spanish media at this moment and i'm going to wait until we hear from authorities specifically on this because this happened two days after jerusalem old city. response to that he was recently railing over the israeli occupation of palestinian lands and has now carried out this attack in spain. so, authorities will let us know soon enough. but it sounds like they are getting to the bottom of who this arrested suspect is. no doubt they are attempting to interview him at the very least. and sky news with some further reporting on this. let's listen. >> never going to be a shortage of police officers in the vicinity. how they manage the situation zeal to look at in the future, i'm sure. pretty much is very difficult was the vehicle is in motion to bring that vehicle to a halt. i imagine that this atta

it involves a van, say police.pedestrian street, tourist street in barcelona. some are coming in from the police in barcelona. they say several people have been injured. 0n a separate twitter feed from the cata la n a separate twitter feed from the catalan police, they say there has been a large incident on last ramblas, in barcelona by a person with a van, possibly several injured. we don't know what the nature of this incident is yet, but this news coming in. just to repeat, police in barcelona are saying on twitter, there are several people injured as a result of a van crash in the city centre. we understand this is in the last ramblas area. several people injured. described by cata la n several people injured. described by catalan police as a large incident on last ramblas by a person with a van. they say possibly several injured. the afp news agency describing this as a van ploughing into a crowd in barcelona. last ramblas is certainly one of the main tourist areas of the spanish city. afp describing this as a

hiring a van.y information, birmingham weaponry —— we haven't got any information concerning weaponry aside from a van. that is the difficulty, it is a crowded area in the heart of the city, a network of small streets off it. the driver of that vehicle, who reports the fled on foot, it is unclear whether he is still at large or whether he is one of the two people detained by the police. we will be talking to another security expert later in this edition of outside source. we should say that already in terms of intelligence gathering, cooperation with other countries, there is of course the eu coming together over this. the americans, rex tillerson the secretary of state has already said we will put resources at your disposal. it is notjust one government that swings into action when something like this happens. definitely not. there is all of the m essa 9 es definitely not. there is all of the m essa g es of definitely not. there is all of the messages of solidarity from around the world, across eu

they say they're searching for the person driving the van, it's van that carried out this attack driving 50 miles an hour down this busy, busy corridor. 59-o at this point, wolf, i wasn't able to hear whether they have information about the reports of people being held hostage or two gunmen who had gone into a bar or a restaurant there near the scene. that obviously is something that they're still trying to figure out at this point, but the police didn't give clarity in the moment we were able to listen. >> they said, one dead. one confirmed dead. 32 people injured but they wept went ton say unfortunately they expect the death toll to rise as they get more information. our terrorism informationist paul crookshack is joining us now. you've been checking all the various sources. has any group, any individual, claimed credit for this? >> reporter: no claim of responsibility for from any group, isis or otherwise, for what appears to be some kind of attack today in barcelona, wolf. in terms of the modus operandi here as lisa was saying, this has the harmarks of an isis-inspired type of attack

is significantly damaged, the front of the van.trip after weaving through at some speed, and that area, as you would expect, is in with heavy police presence as the investigations continue. edit earlier i spoke to bbc persian. —— a bit earlier. he told me what it is like there tonight. the crowd were being directed out of this area up until about ten minutes ago. it shows you what a massive population was in that area, because as we know, it is one of the most visited parts of barcelona, but panic still continues to be the mood, because a few minutes ago, crowds got scared of something, we don't know what, and they started running, and then behind them were police officers with guns right behind me, following, chasing, as if there was somebody in that crowd that they wanted to arrest. then everybody dissipated. it was unclear where it all started. itjust gives you a sense of how worried the population is and how word gets out that something is happening and it might bea that something is happening and it might be a mistake, but it

or from the van i don't know, i didn't hang around for thelj police or from the van i don't know, i hang around for the. i saw people falling on the pavement, i think some six people. and then i was doubting what to do. it was very unclear. armed police comb the streets for a man who fled the scene on foot. tonight they have arrested two suspects. a rise in the top a—level grades for the first time in six years with boys overtaking girls for the first time in almost two decades. president trump says american history is ripped apart as statues with links to slavery are pulled down in the wake of violent rallies in charlottesville. ina in a moment we will look at how the front pages are covering the barcelona attack. first, as we have heard, the attacker who drove a van into people in spain, killing 13, is on the run and in the last couple of minutes we have had this update from our correspondent in barcelona. minutes we have had this update from our correspondent in barcelonam the streetjust behind me leads on to las ramblas, the most famous promenade, it was packed at 5pm on the dot

at 18 you can't rent a van. the 18-year-old we want out and rented this van.18-year-old, confusing as it is, whoever was driving the van is not in custody. we have -- sky news has people at hospitals there. the hospitals report 100 people treated for injuries. some of those injuries life threatening and they believe the death toll will rise. the degree of injury, since they have not been specific, hospital spokesmen have not come to the microphone. the first video gives you the idea of how many people are injured. it was thought to be six football lengths, we now know it's five. the video is a short walk along. you can see how many victims there are. >> shep: the first video from the scene within the first 30 minutes of the attack. we expect to hear prosecute the prime minister in a few short minutes. the podium is set up. quick commercial break and that when we come back. p ♪ ♪ and that bacteria multiplies very rapidly. that's why dentists recommend cleaning with polident every day. polident's unique micro clean formula works in just 3 minutes, killing 99.99%

we would have been where the van ended up would have been where the van ended up had we been two minutesr, that is where we were headed. we are really grateful that we were just two minutes behind where the attack happened. you are on holiday here, are you staying, despite what happened question mark we are staying until monday, taking it day by day, seeing how things go. it was fiercely... we were freaked out last night, and on edge, we feel a little bit calmer today, as you have mentioned, las ramblas is getting back to some semblance of normality, as lots of people down there, stalls opening back up, we feel fairly reassured by the volume of police, and the security service response. we are intending to stay. you are a bit shaken? a little bit shocked and on edge, has not really sunk in, the first, sort of ten minutes after the attack it was all fairly surreal, half the crowd were running and screaming away, the other half had no clue what was happening at all, just standing around, looking, wondering what is going on. so it was all a bit surreal for the first bit, and then once it be

.” saw a white van with a side door open.e heard gunshots — whether it was police or from the van i open. we heard gunshots — whether it was police orfrom the van i don't know. i didn't hang around for that. two people have been arrested but the van driver himself may still be on the run. spain was a prime minister has said there is no doubt it was a jihadist attack. i'm rico hizon in singapore. also on the programme: the grim toll of president duterte‘s war on drugs as more than 50 die in just three days. and britain says it hopes jail terms for the three activists in hong kong will not affect the legitimate processed. —— protest. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. it is midnight here in london, 7am in singapore and 1am in barcelona, where three days of mourning have been declared after another terror attack on a major european city. 13 people have been killed and more than 100 injured after a van ploughed into a crowd of people. it happened on the city's most famous thorough

an hour and a half ago a van jumped onto a pedestrian way, a white rental van it has been described. they know it is a rental van because on the side

the van zigzagged for a quarter of a mile. police told people to run and in some cases had them hunkered down in shops and churches. drills * is a suspect from morocco. in terms of the explosion in the house that was believes to be related to a gas explosion. neighbors are telling reuters someone was trying to make bombs out of gas cannisters. gregg: joining me, dr. walid phares. one wonders how a terror cell that may actually be sizable, several people at least, how it remains undercover and can operate subrosa. are these cells so insular as we have seen the muslim community can be and terrorist communities can be, jihadist cells in london and throughout england. is that the reason? they are very self-sufficient and insular? >> you just pronounced the term, jihad itself. that's how it begins. you have on the one hand jihadi fighters that are under the surveillance and monitoring of various government because they are traveling to iraq, syria and libya and moving through the western world. but then you have those who have not

the van. how do they go about this? how do they figure out who is responsible, when the person driving the van fled into the crowd? >> well, don't forget we share intelligence around the world to prevent these type of attacks as just been pointed out, you have had them in berlin, stockholm. you had them in paris and you had them in nice and this is kind of, you know, the new weapon, if you wills that they use, these vans or cars, that they run into like, they did in london. and a lot of times when you catch these people, they're willing to talk because many ways they want to be martyrs. i think if you get them they will tell you why they did it and what was their purpose. as pointed out spain worked with us. they were one the few countries supported our invasion of iraq. why you had the attack in 2004 which 190 people were killed on a train in spain. so, whenever we catch these people they're more than happy to talk about why they're doing it. trish: wow. so that could be helpful. we are getti

what we know thus far, we know that a van, a white van with blue writing, plowed into a group of people in plaza cataluna in barcelona, a very popular area in barcelona. mounted the sidewalk plowing into a group of people. we know there are injuries. we've seen video and footage of people lying on the ground. we do not know how many injured. we do not know how serious those injuries are. we also know that local authorities there have closed off the area, john. they have closed off the metro. they have also expanded the perimeter around barcelona, and then we have suddenly been hearing that those men behind who were driving, reportedly driving that van, just left the van, according to one witness and then went into a restaurant in the area, in a popular area of el barcelona. went into a restaurant. a witness said they heard gunshots, an explosion and a dozen people screaming, they said, and several injuries. we do not know how many more, but this is very worrying for the spanish people, very worrying, because this is the height of summer, very popular time, of course, for tourists to vis

the person who rented the van.her people in the van, other terrorists involved, we don't know, but what we know is that 13 people now have been killed. that number just went up, and authorities are anticipating the number to rise as well and more than 50 people have been injured. that said, we now have a new tweet from the president of the united states. let me just read this for you and we'll discuss this implications of this one. "study what general per shing of the united states did to terrorists when caught. there was no more radical islamic terror for 35 years." james gagliano, paul cruickshank with us. james, give us a little history lesson, general pershing, philippines. >> also known as blackjack, was famous for being the general of the armies, which is a position that we had in the u.s. military before the five-star general that we're familiar with, with general eisenhower. back in the philippines, during a campaign with the military, they were having a problem with terrorists and a number of them were arr

, this is an attack, it's not just a van that of it, i thought, this is an attack, it's notjust a vant, this is an attack, it's not just a van that is slightly out of control. everybody was running to the shops, the bars, everyone put their shutters down. armed police have cordoned off my road entirely. that is tom, an english teacher and eyewitness who lives in barcelona and saw what happened at las ramblas. we arejust ramblas. we are just hearing from the police in catalonia that the driver of this van involved in this incident that mowed down so many people in the street in barcelona is still on the run. they have now confirmed that. they've said that two other people suspected of being involved in the attack have been arrested. a spaniard and a moroccan. but neither of those people were the driver of this van, according to catalonia police. that person is still being sought and is still on the run. the security consultant described what he saw a short time ago. he has been behind the police cordon.” have been behind that cordon line andi have been behind that cordon line and i was

maria: but you saw everyone running from the van? >> exactly. running from the van. all the businesses were forced to close, there's people stuck inside mcdonald's, they pulled down the shutters. it's crazy. in the middle of the day, completely unsuspecting tourists, you know, obvious communication problems and we look down and the special force police, you know, set up a patrol on the corner and they're all there with essentially machine guns, automated weapons, and they scream up at us, get inside, close your doors. and, of course, there is people who don't speak spanish, you have to explain they need to get inside. maria: in fact, the u.s. state department is telling people stay away from barcelona because there's apparently one of our guests earlier said, you see one attack happen, and then you expect that there's another one they're planning. >> for me, of course, it's terrible for everyone involved. but my mom is stuck in the airport right now. she's coming to visit me for the first time ever. her plane touches down in barcelona and he hears two terrorist attac

rented three vans. authorities in barcelona are anxious, they want to locate the other at least two more vans, ton -- not to mention the driver who fled after committing t the bloodbath. whether are you talking about berlin or barcelona, these are soft targets, the easiest targets to attack. the idea is you want to terrorize. you want to sow fears in the hearts of your enemies as isis and other extremist groups basically say. you say why barcelona, even though spain has naturally been a priority for isis in the past three years. barcelona is an international target. a major global target where you'll find that. this is a force target for other isis or al qaeda. >> when we look at who have been injured, lots of countries have said their citizens. >> yeah. look, we'll have a former fbi supervisory agent to discuss this in the next hour. in terms of these attacks, in your estimation, what can be done to prevent them? they seem simple. >> very, very simple. now you have al qaeda and isis using vehicles and

terror on the streets of barcelona isa van terror on the streets of barcelona is a van ploughed into 30 people are dead. it looked to me as if he was going left to right hitting people at the little stands, all ofa sudden people were screaming and running. catalan police say this is a terror attack. they said two people have been arrested. they have dismissed early reports that two gunmen were holed up in a bar in the city possibly with a hostage.

the van zigzagged for a quarter of a mile. police told people to run and in some cases had them hunkered down in shops and churches. drills * is a suspect from morocco. in terms of the explosion in the house that was believes to be related to a gas explosion. neighbors are telling reuters someone was trying to make bombs out of gas cannisters. gregg: joining me, dr. walid phares. one wonders how a terror cell that may actually be sizable, several people at least, how it remains undercover and can operate subrosa. are these cells so insular as we have seen the muslim community can be and terrorist communities can be, jihadist cells in london and throughout england. is that the reason? they are very self-sufficient and insular? >> you just pronounced the term, jihad itself. that's how it begins. you have on the one hand jihadi fighters that are under the surveillance and monitoring of various government because they are traveling to iraq, syria and libya and moving through the western world. but then you have those who have not

19, 2017, the paris attack, a man rent a car into a police van. this morning, what happened in the past two days in barcelona, a van plowing pedestrians at las ramblas, injuring 100. this is the new era we live in, a frightening one, almost impossible to prevent. >> impossible to stop people from driving down the street. the policy am oh of the london bridge attack, this was a white rental van. one of the men they having custody says because his name is on the rental agreement for that van that went down the main street of barcelona, i was here 70 miles away. my brother stole the documents, they are looking for his brother. what was interesting about what you should know as you go to work, law enforcement around the world is on heightened alert for something else to happen. in the united states, what about the trains, the subways, unlike air travel you can get on the subway, no one has looked at. same thing for amtrak. a speechwriter for george w. bush had this observation about what the united states could be facing. >> 7 years ago al qaeda and t

a van plowing into a crowd if barcelona. -- in barcelona. we have now joanne stern of cbs news in barcelona who's going to join us by telephone. joanne can you hear me? >> caller: yes i can. hello? >> what do we know about what's happened? >> caller: okay i didn't see it. but we had just crossed over to meet up for a walking tour. with my daughter and my niece. and shortly into it, people started running down th saying that the cops had told everybody to get away from the treat. to get away from -- street. to get away from lass rambles and run and hide and we don't know what was going on or why. it was quite scary. and it kind of passed for a moment. nobody knew what happened. and then a few minutes later, another wave of people ran up and said -- said you know hide, hide, hide. so we all ran into a store or a different store. and they locked the doors and everything. and nobody really knew why. we finally came out and our tour guide who's been great took us kind of deeper -- we were only about 50 meters away at the time. he took us deeper i

there is a picture of a white van, this is the man authorities believe rented that van. this is the van in the aftermath they named the man that rented the van. we have not confirmed. we continue to work that part of the story. it was just a horrific scene when that white van turned from an avenue on the side of la las ramblas. he started to plow down people in that district. swerving side to side and witnesses describing a horrific scene. the pictures on social media and those seen by millions all over the world already have been difficult, to say the least, to look at. there are parents, families, children screaming and trying to get out of the way. you see the front end of the van is completely smashed, and it is believed that van was traveling at high rates of speed up to 50 miles per hour. if you think about the number of people in that shopping district, you think of times square here in new york city, it is very similar to that, a common place for tourists to visit. they likely had very little warning to get out of the way of that van. they have cleared the area.

i saw a white van, with the side door open. we heard a gunshot.hether it was the police or from the van, i don't know. i didn't hang around for that. i saw people falling on the pavement. i think some six people. and then i was doubting what to do, to run towards, but it was very unclear. armed police combed the streets for a man seen running from the van. tonight they've arrested two suspects. this is the man police say is suspected of renting the van used to kill and wound so many. this evening, so—called islamic state said it was behind the attack. we'll have the latest from barcelona. also tonight: the first rise in top a—level grades for six years, as boys finally overtake the girls. president trump says america's history is being "ripped apart", as statues with links to slavery are pulled down. and why a pink ball is being used for the first time in a test match in england. we'll get get the latest updates on barcelona. good evening. 13 people have been killed in barcelona and more than 100 have been injured, after a van was driven into the

i saw a white van with the side door open. we heard gunshots. it was the police or from the van, i don't know. i didn't hang around for that. we ran into the burger king to get shelter. reporter: what was going through your mind when it was going on? are we going to survive? yeah, we were just scared they were going to get in there. they pulled all the shutters down. just kept us safe and that was it. i saw people falling to the ground, and that struck my eyes, rather than the car. i immediately sensed it was a nice—like event. and people around it ran away, fled away in panic. authorities say the vehicle was driven half a kilometre down las ramblas boulevard, reportedly at up to 80 kilometres an hour. police have released a photo of this man, driss 0ubakir, said to have rented the van. he's understood to have been known to police. a former prisoner, released five years ago. police say two people have been arrested tonight but investigators are still working to get to the bottom of how this happened and who was behind it. right now, people are b

then, the van driver abandoned the vehicle and ran away.ers searched the surrounding area. police have released a total of this man, driss 0ukabir, born in morocco whose documents were used to rent the van. however latest reports suggest he has told police his passport was stolen. late into the night, the city centre was on lockdown. two people have been arrested, a spaniard and a moroccan, but police say neither was the driver. the so—called islamic state group said it was behind the attack.|j so—called islamic state group said it was behind the attack. i want to express the solidarity of the whole of spain barcelona. today, hit by jihad is terrorism. like other cities around the world before it, cities around the world before it, cities like madrid, paris, nice, brussels, berlin and london, experienced the same pain and insecurity at the citizens of barcelona are feeling today. in another development, police are also linking an explosion on wednesday in alcanar in linking an explosion on wednesday in alca nar in catalonia linking an explo

we could see at the top of the street, so many vans.ried to get into a shop, people we re i tried to get into a shop, people were panicking and the shopkeeper said something about a van. i tried to ask him and he said he thought that he had seen a van driving into a crowd. five, six people seriously injured. at that point, that ambulance and fire brigade were on the scene and people were panicking. we were pushed back and pushed back again. the police are absolutely everywhere at the moment. that is just one of the many tourists that we have been talking to. we can also speak to ethan who was nearby. my boyfriend and i orjust walking back from the beach. we were just about to cross las ramblas and we could sense that something was strange. my boyfriend felt something odd. and all of a sudden, the police started shooting at everybody to start running. it was a crashing noise. but i was not going to stop and look back. it was an instant stampede down all the streets. by las ramblas. we are in a church with tourists and locals. the police

the front of the van smashed. we are right at this point where that van mounted the sidewalk.arded clothes. it came up here, all the way down this street. people taking shelter, running into stores and restaurants. this woman and her family found sanctuary in a shoe store. >> i saw people running, and we stay in this store and -- >> reporter: shaddi and camean from connecticut were in their hotel, left without information for hours. you were in your hotel when you heard commotion outside. >> we found out there was a van that slammed into pedestrians down here and with some injuries, that's how it all started. >> we not allowed to go out of the hotel. they closed the doors. >> reporter: so the police came into the hotel and closed it down. >> and asked us to stay inside. asked the manager of the hotel not to let anyone go out. >> reporter: what were you feeling at that point? >> scared, it was scary not to know what was happening and seeing people running outside. >> reporter: police on foot, guns drawn, combing the streets in search of the assailants. >> translator: this is cl

local time a driver rammed a van. with police swarming the

the van swerved to mow down people. statistic is only from the catalonian government, it could be that those injured have been taken toa number of that those injured have been taken to a number of hospitals across the region. we have not heard anything from the hospitals, it could be that an awful what emerges from other sources. but the catalonian government has said that the death toll stands at 13, at least 50 injured. we have been talking to a large number of eyewitnesses over the last few hours. another was patricia from somerset. she was in the area when the attack began. patricia from somerset. she was in the area when the attack beganlj was just walking to placa de catalu nya, to go was just walking to placa de catalunya, to go to burger king. we heard a crash. thought it was a bomb. we hid under tables. held up in till they let us out. how long we re in till they let us out. how long were you in for? it was probably a couple of hours. and the police escorted us in groups. what was going through your mind? just

they know there was another van. so when you don't have that information and everything is in the air, you know you find it prudent to stay where you are. feel safe and just wait it out. >> shepard: just watching the video, we blurred large parts for our viewers. if they want to see it, the unedited version is online, of course. i can't imagine actually being there. seeing this video makes you sick. i can't imagine witnessing this. >> yeah, in a certain area where it's a tourist area, it's an area where people go to have a good time. people are laughing and drinking and eating. a tourist area is a place that is nice and a place to be enjoyed. a very good mix in that neighborhood of tourists and local people that mingle. you know, this is a type of area that that is ripe to be hit but generally before the attack, people are there, unknowing, u u u.s. -- unsuspects. >> shepard: and let's listen in to sky news. >> we can go further into the city and say the avenue of las ramblas, this is where it happened, this big boul

the front of the van smashed. we are right where the van mounted the sidewalk. you can see debris on the floor, discarded clothes. it came up here all the way down this street. people taking shelter, running into stores and restaurants. this woman and her family found sanctuary in a shoe store. >> i saw people running, and we stay in this store and don't leave. >> reporter: these people from connecticut arrived only today. they were left on lockdown in their hotel with no information for hours. so you were in your hotel when you heard a commotion outside? >> correct. we heard there was a van that plowed into pedestrians down hi here with some injuries and that's how it started. >> we were not allowed to go out of the hotel. they closed the doors. >> reporter: so the police came into the hotel and closed it down. >> asked the manager not to let anyone to go out. >> reporter: what were you feeling at that point? >> scared. it was scary, not to know what's happening and just seeing people running outside. >> reporter

a shopkeeper said something about a van, i tried to ask and he said that a van had driven into the crowderiously injured. at that point ambulances and the fire brigade and police officers were on the scene with machine guns and guns. very quickly, they were jittery. people were panicking. we we re jittery. people were panicking. we were pushed back. there were a critical police everywhere at the moment. that is one british man, who isa moment. that is one british man, who is a lawyer and is in barcelona at the moment, he was explaining what he had seen. this is a look at the live pictures coming into us from barcelona. again, if you arejustjoining us, i cannot stress enough these are early stages. a lot of confusion and a huge amount of police activity in that area. local railway stations are closed, the metro station closed. a lot of confusion. some people say that they heard gunshots and others that they did not. but reuters news agency is among several saying that two armed men had entered a bar in the area. this is very much in the heart of barcelona. it is still early days. our corr

i saw a white van with the side door open. we heard gunshots. it was the police or from the van, i don't know. i didn't hang around for that. we ran into the burger king to get shelter. reporter: what was going through your mind when it was going on? are we going to survive? yeah, we were just scared they were going to get in there. they pulled all the shutters down. just kept us safe and that was it. i saw people falling to the ground, and that struck my eyes, rather than the car. i immediately sensed that it was a nice—like event. and people around it ran away, fled away in panic. authorities say the vehicle was driven half a kilometre down las ramblas boulevard, reportedly at up to 80 kilometres an hour. police have released a photo of this man, driss 0ubakir, said to have rented the van. he's understood to have been known to police. a former prisoner, released five years ago. police say two people have been arrested tonight, but investigators are still working to get to the bottom of how this happened and who was behind it. right now, people

more than 100 injured at this hour, and here's the van afterwards. it was going at speeds up to 50 miles per hour. one suspect dead, two in custody, and the urgent manhunt for others. abc's james longman leading us off from barcelona. [ sirens ] >> reporter: tonight, a trail of in the heart of barcelona. the dead and injured lining the streets. first responders racing to the scene. around 5:30 afternoon local time, police say this white van jumped onto a packed city sidewalk and began mowing down pedestrians. swerving side to side at what witnesses guessed was 50 miles an hour, that speed, bringing chaos and carnage. >> i heard screams of people and when i looked up saw the white van and just knocking people over at high speed. >> reporter: the van careening down this path in red for more than 1,000 feet. before coming to a halt. >> we saw a lot of people running to the right of the restaurant, just running down the road or running from something and saw a couple of people hunched over a body on the floor. >> reporter: at least 13 killed and about 10

police say the driver of the van in barcelona may have been one of them. a minute's silence has been observed in barcelona — the spanish prime minister says all countries must stand together against terrorism. this is a global battle and it is notjust against us — it is against all the countries that defend freedom, democracy, human rights. the two vehicle attacks are being connected to an explosion further along the coast which destroyed a house on wednesday night. the first victim has been named as an italian father of two bruno gulotta who died in front of his wife and two small children. he of his wife and two small children. was 35. reports are coming in that several people have been stabbed in the finnish city of turku. one person has been arrested. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. you can see behind me, two people —— huge numbers of people back on the streets despite the horror of yesterday's terror attack that left 13 people dead and more than 100 injured. and then a second terror attack at cambrils, more than —— about 100 kilometres away. a

and when i looked up, saw the white van just knocking people over at high speed. >> reporter: the van careening now this path in red for about 1800 feet before coming to a halt. >> we saw a lot of people just running, running down the saw a bunch of people hunched over a body on the floor. >> reporter: about 13 killed and about 100 injured. crowds running in panic. fleeing this store. >> just come with me! >> reporter: parents holding their children tight. crowds streaming down main streets and back alleys. many hiding in cafes. >> some people were screaming and then everybody started to run. screaming from behind. and everyone just ran forward. >> reporter: shops and restaurants closed as heavily-armed police with guns drawn searched the streets, patting people down, then releasing them. you can make out clothes discarded on the sidewalk. this is right where that truck came plowing down the street. historic las ramblas. right in the center of barcelona, normally bustling with people, now totally shut down. police knocking this down. later announcing the arrest of two men, including d

as you see this van zigzagging and bodies flying, what did you to? >> caller: well, you're sort of just trying to process what you're seeing, because it's not normal, everyday, you know -- a normal everyday thing that you see. and you're obviously concerned for your own safety. you're concerned about, you know, the safety of others around you. and i think the, you know, the first instinct that everybody had was just to run out the way, because we weren't sure what was coming after that as well. and a lot of us went into the shops and when we felt like, you know, it was okay to move a bit, we kind of just tried to get out of the area, because they were quickly closing off the area, very, very quickly they closed off the area. >> so you got out of there. >> caller: i got out of there, yeah. >> and do you feel safe where you are now? >> caller: yeah. yeah. i mean, i'm -- i'm not going to let this affect how i live my life. you know? and that's what these people want. >> ali shirazinia, thank you so much for calling in. i wish you well and i'm so glad yo

a van, a white van driving into a crowd of pedestrians in a city square in a popular tourist district. police are calling it a massive crash. emergency crews are on the scene. spanish media reporting that as many as 20 people may have been injured. as for the driver, he reportedly ran away, that is not confirmed. and nbc's keir simmons is following this from new york. let's talk about what we know, we do not yet know this is a terror incident, it may be a terrible accident, we want to make very cautious about that. that said, this follows what we have seen in nice, in years past, what we have seen almost recently, of course, right here in the united states in charlottesville. >> yeah, absolutely. this is certainly terrifying for those on the ground there, experiencing what happened. this vehicle plowing into people according to witnesses. there is one witness report of the driver getting out of the vehicle, and then running. that may be some indication of the kind of incident this is. but as you know, and we have been through this before, andrea, as you mentioned, when a story is brea

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investigators are and our investigative unit is in figuring out who rented the van, who drove the van>> sure. >> but in the end, this is not to speculate, but in those examples that i just gave over the last year, the outcome has been remarkable similar. it is often somebody known to police and generally speaking inspired by but not necessarily connected to isis oral al qaeda. so as we talk about our wars on isis oral al qaeda and isis having their back to the wall, what is the significance of being connected to and directed by them versus being inspired by them? >> well, both present problems. those who are directed and connected to them generally have greater resources. isis oral al qaeda and others have provided them with guidance, perhaps with a bomb, with funding, with cover, with assistance of all sorts of types. these may have been individuals who were on the battlefield, who know how to conduct bombings, who know how to conduct assaults and have been in that male strom of urban warfare. so for them this is an easy operation. so that's the threat from that side. from those that

police have confirmed that the attack by a van is in fact terrorism.

van jumping the curb plow can into pedestrians. there is also a report from reuters that two armed men have entered a restaurant in that area. we don't have any further information on that yet. i believe we have debra from our london bureau who has been monitoring this on the phone. can you hear me? >> we don't have official death toll yet. you can see bodies on the ground. a driver drove a van into this incredibly popular destination as you pointed out anyone who has been to barcelona have been there. the police you have to go. popular, cafe, bars, the place to be scene. they picked a good place. a very, very busy, popular tourist destination. during the weeks up to this there have been grieve being posted very threatening grieve. now this particular incident, police have confirmed that they believe that this is indeed a terrorist attack. we also understand, very disturbing reports that two armed men after the attack went into a restaurant. the driver of the van fled the scene on foot. >> debra with an update on latest development

i saw a white van with the side door open.heard gunshots, whether it was police or from the vani whether it was police or from the van i don't know. we rang into the burger king to get shelter. what was going to your mind when it was going on? whether we would survive. we we re on? whether we would survive. we were scared they were going to get in there. they pulled all of the shutters down, just kept us safe. in there. they pulled all of the shutters down, just kept us safelj saw people fall into the ground and that struck my eyes rather than the car. i immediately sensed that it was a nice like event, and people around ran away, fled a way, in panic. then the van driver abandoned the vehicle and runaway. armed officers searched the surrounding area. police have released a photo of this man, driss 0ukabir, born in morocco, whose documents were used to read the van. at latest reports suggest he has told police his passport was stolen. late into the night the city centre was on lockdown. two people have been arrested. a spaniar

for the driver of the van. chants you're watching bbc news, where the crowd here in the heart of barcelona has been observing a minute's silence to pay their respects to the dead and injured and also to show their defiance because they wanted to show that they are prepared to come out onto the street despite the terror attack. our latest headlines: 13 people killed and more than 80 injured when a man drove a van a van into pedestrians on the main tourist street here on las ramblas, the driver escaped and is still on the run. the sound was terrible — it was just crash crash crash, and the screams and cries. a second terror attack took place in cambrils, a coastal town around 120km from barcelona, in the early hours of this morning. six bystanders and one police officer were injured — two seriously — when they were reportedly deliberately hit by a car. gunshot. police officers shot dead five suspects, some of whom were wearing what appeared to be explosive belts. three people have been arrested — a teenager aged