{"id":412053,"date":"2017-08-17T18:53:53","date_gmt":"2017-08-17T18:53:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/08\/17\/van-rams-crowds-in-barcelona-tourist-area\/"},"modified":"2017-08-17T18:53:53","modified_gmt":"2017-08-17T18:53:53","slug":"van-rams-crowds-in-barcelona-tourist-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/08\/17\/van-rams-crowds-in-barcelona-tourist-area\/","title":{"rendered":"Van rams crowds in Barcelona tourist area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\">&#13;<br \/>\n                <\/aside>\n<p><!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 3.4.4--><\/p>\n<p>At least one person died and 32 were injured after a van ploughed into crowds in Barcelona\u2019s famous Las Ramblas tourist area, police say.<\/p>\n<p>The vehicle sped along the pedestrianised area, mowing down people and sending others fleeing for cover in shops and cafes.<\/p>\n<p>Witnesses said the van had deliberately targeted people before coming to a stop.<\/p>\n<p>Police are treating the incident as a terrorist attack.<\/p>\n<p>Media reports said the driver of the vehicle had fled on foot.<\/p>\n<p>Live updates<\/p>\n<p>Tom Markwell from New Orleans, who was just arriving in a taxi in Las Ramblas, said: \u201cI heard a crowd screaming. It sounded like they were screaming for a movie star.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI saw the van. It had already been busted on the front. It was weaving left and right, trying to hit people as fast as possible. There were people lying on the ground.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Aamer Anwar said he was walking down Las Ramblas, which was \u201cjam-packed\u201d with tourists.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll of a sudden, I just sort of heard a crashing noise and the whole street just started to run, screaming. I saw a woman right next to me screaming for her kids,\u201d he told Sky News.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPolice were very, very quickly there, police officers with guns, batons, everywhere. Then the whole street started getting pushed back.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPolice officers who got there just started screaming at people to move back, move back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vehicles have been used to ram into crowds in a series of attacks across Europe since July last year.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; At least one person died and 32 were injured after a van ploughed into crowds in Barcelona\u2019s famous Las Ramblas tourist area, police say. 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