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What we know so far about the terror attack in Barcelona

At least three people are feared dead and dozens injured in the attack on Las Ramblas.

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(Manu Fernandez/AP)

A van has ploughed into pedestrians in Barcelona.

Here’s everything we know so far about the terror attack.

What happened?

A white Fiat van ploughed into people in the Las Ramblas area of city – one of the most well-known and popular parts of the city, visited by tourists and locals alike.

Injured people are tended to by emergency services
(Oriol Duran/AP)

There are also reports of gunshots being heard and two armed men entering a bar in the popular tourist city.

How many people were hurt?

At least three people are feared dead and dozens injured.

A woman tends to someone who has been hurt
(Oriol Duran/AP)

Government officials confirmed one fatality and said at least 32 people had been injured, seven of them seriously.

What has the response been?

Police cordoned off the popular street and ordered stores and nearby Metro and train stations to close.

Police officers tell pedestrians to leave the area
(Manu Fernandez/AP)

What are witnesses saying?

Lawyer and University of Glasgow rector Aamer Anwar was walking Las Ramblas when he heard screaming. He said a shopkeeper told him five or six people were badly injured and described the scene as “chaos”.

Tom Gueller, who lives on an adjoining road, was forced to flee the scene when he saw the van hurtling through the crowds.

An injured person is helped
(Oriol Duran/AP)

“It wasn’t slowing down at all. It was just going straight through the middle of the crowds.”

Gueller noted that many of the shops had pulled their shutters down and armed police were positioned on street corners, with cordons in place on the road.

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