The Catalan president reportedly confirmed that two people had already been detained in connection with the incident.
A van rammed into a crowd in Barcelona's Ramblas tourist area. The local police confirmed that it was a terrorist attack.
The police reccomended people to avoid the area. The suspect fled the scene. Shortly after the incident, two armed men broke into a restaurant nearby.
At the same time, local media reported, that armed perpetrators of the attack barricaded themselves in a Turkish restaurant near Boqueria market taking hostages.
El Periodico newspaper reported that the suspected perpetrator was a man of 5’7’’ wearing a white shirt with blue stripes.
The CIA has reportedly warned the Catalan police of possible terrorist attack prior to the van ramming in Barcelona's city center on Thursday.
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