Summary

  • 14 killed and dozens injured in attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils

  • Van crashed into crowds at Barcelona's tourist hotspot Las Ramblas, killing 13

  • Five suspects shot dead by police in Cambrils, south-west of Barcelona, after another car attack killed one and injured six

  • Key suspect in Barcelona attack, Moussa Oukabir was among those killed in Cambrils, police confirm

  • Four other people have been arrested, one suspect still on run

  • Citizens of some 34 countries killed or injured

Live Reporting

David Walker and Kelly-Leigh Cooper

  1. Melania Trump sends 'thoughts and prayers'

    US First Lady Melania Trump has sent a tweet to say she is thinking of those who have been caught up in the Las Ramblas attack.

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    Her husband Donald is yet to add his voice to those sending messages to the Spanish city.

  2. 'No-one is moving unless under police escort'

    Heavily armed officers move down Las RamblasEPA

    Police on Las Ramblas in Barcelona

    An eyewitness has described watching police go door to door searching for suspects.

    John Ward, who lives on Las Ramblas, says the area is still on lock-down after the attack.

    He described the officers' painstaking search of the area.

    There's a very heavy police presence and what they've been doing is going from establishment to establishment knocking on the doors, knocking on the shutters. People have opened the shutters, they've been brought out on to the street and once it's been established that they're not the people they are looking for, they've been escorted away from this particular area. Now nobody is moving on La Ramblas unless they're under police escort.

  3. Tillerson sends message to 'terrorists'

    US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has warned terrorists they will be brought to justice in the wake of the Las Ramblas attack.

    Terrorists around the world should know - the United States and our allies are resolved to find you and bring you to justice.

    Mr Tillerson, who was speaking at a press conference, also urged US nationals in the city to check in with their families.

  4. Local media report van used in attack was rented

    Spain's national public broadcaster RTVE reports that the vehicle used to drive into dozens of pedestrians in Barcelona was rented in the city.

  5. London's mayor tweets support

    Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has tweeted his support to Barcelona and the victims of this latest terror attack.

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    The UK capital city has been the victim of three separate terror attacks this year.

  6. Barcelona's busiest roads are almost empty

    A police helicopter is pictured over the top end of Las Ramblas.

    The road, Via Laietana, is a major one through the city and is normally full of traffic at 18:30 CET (18:00 BST) when the photo was taken.

    Some pedestrians are pictured but the road is almost entirely clear of trafficAnna Lindsay

  7. Police say one dead and 32 injured, 10 seriously
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    The police of Catalonia say one person has died and 32 have been injured, ten seriously, in the incident in Barcelona.

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  8. 'We've been sheltering for over an hour'

    Kevin Kwast was eating with his family in La Boqueria market close to where the incident happened.

    He says hundreds of people started "stampeding through the market".

    He started running and saw casualties on the ground near to a restaurant.

    "A smaller crowd was running away from that scene to the north west. We got trapped between the crowds and the heavily-armed police running around the area.

    "It looked like two incidents were in progress on either side of La Boqueria as police were closing off Ramblas on the north west and south east sides around us.

    "The heavily armed police ran west past us from Ramblas through La Boqueria and Passatge dels Coloms.

    "Another wave of civilians fled east on Passatge dels Coloms toward Ramblas as police entered that area.

    "Police pushed us into a money transfer shop and we've been sheltering there for over an hour."

  9. Breaking: Catalan police confirm incident is a terror attack
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  10. Eyewitness: Everyone just ran

    Liam Searle, 22, told BBC Radio 5 Live's: "I was very, very close to it. It was like ten feet from me.

    "At one point I luckily wasn't on the Ramblas I was in the road and I quickly ran into, I think it was the opera house, along with everyone else.

    "Everyone was hiding behind things. And no-one had a clue what was going on.

    "So we just heard a load of bangs and some other things and then, like, everyone just ran."

  11. 'You don't think it can happen to you'

    Eyewitness Rhys Richards, who is in Barcelona on holiday, says he was first alerted to the incident when he heard screaming and saw people running.

    I saw one person lying on the ground receiving CPR and another person lying on the ground motionless.

    You don't think it can happen to you. It was horrible and terrifying.

  12. VIDEO: Panic as people flee following Barcelona incident

    Barcelona: Panic as people use shop as escape route

  13. Eyewitness: Van wasn't slowing down at all

    Eye witness describes seeing a van hitting crowds in Barcelona's tourist area.

    Eyewitness Tom Gwella has told the BBC about how he was forced to flee the scene.

    "I heard screams and a bit of a crash and then I just saw the crowd parting and this van going full pelt down the middle of the Ramblas and I immediately knew that it was a terrorist attack or something like that," he told Radio 4's PM programme.

    Asked about the van, he said: "It wasn't slowing down at all. It was just going straight through the middle of the crowds in the middle of the Ramblas."

  14. The van ploughed into crowds in Las Ramblas

    Map showing the direction of the van which ploughed into pedestrians

  15. British foreign office advises tourists

    Simon Manley, the British Ambassador to Spain, has confirmed the British Foreign Office is in contact with Spanish authorities.

    He has told any British tourists to remain where they are until they are advised by police that it is safe to leave the area.

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  16. What we know so far about Barcelona incident

    • A van has ploughed into crowds in Barcelona's Las Ramblas tourist area
    • Several people have been injured in a "massive crash", according to police
    • Emergency services are urging people to stay away from the area around Plaça de Catalunya
    • Reuters news agency reports that emergency services have also requested the closure of local metro and train stations

  17. Police: There are fatalities and injured
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  18. Police: Search operation under way

    Catalan police say there's an operation in search for the driver who ploughed a van into crowds in Barcelona.

    "Don't get close to the affected area," it urges people.

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  19. In pictures: Large emergency response

    Parts of Barcelona are cordoned off as emergency services respond after a van ploughed into pedestrians.

    Reuters news agency reports that emergency services have requested the closure of local metro and train stations.

    Medical staff members and policemen stand in a cordoned off area after a van ploughed into the crowd, injuring several persons on the Rambla in BarcelonaAFP/Getty
    Police suit up behind a cordoned areaAFP

  20. Incident is a terrorist attack, Spanish media say
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    Spanish media say the incident in Barcelona city centre is a terrorist attack.