The attack in Barcelona injured more than a hundred people and killed 13, said the police in Catalonia. Earlier it was reported about 80 victims. On August 17, a van drove onto the Rambla in the center of Barcelona and started hitting pedestrians. The crime was recognized as a terrorist attack. Islamic State terrorists claimed responsibility for the attack. The driver of the car managed to escape.

Driss Oukabir, who is called a suspect in the Barcelona attack, came to the police on the evening of August 17 and said that his documents had been stolen from him. This is reported by the newspaper La Vanguardia, citing the mayor of the city of Ripoll, where Ukabir lives. Ukabir told the police that he saw his picture on the news. At the time of the attack, he, in his own words, was in Ripoll.

The story of the tourist guide Anastasia Sedova, who was next to the place of attack in Barcelona PAU Barrena / AFP / Scanpix / Leta On the afternoon on Thursday, August 17, in the center of Barcelona on the main tourist street, Rambla Furgon crashed into a crowd of passers -by. At least 13 people were killed, about 80 were injured. The police called the terrorist attack, IS took responsibility for what happened.

Lluis Gene / AFP / Scanpix / Leta On the afternoon of August 17, the van crashed into passers -by on the Boulevard Boulevard, popular among tourists in the center of Barcelona. At least 13 people were killed, dozens were injured. The police recognized the terrorist attack. Two alleged terrorists were detained, another - killed. At the request of the Medusa, the journalist Kommersant Daria Gavrilova visited the site.

The terrorist organization "Islamic State" claimed responsibility for the attack in Barcelona on August 17. This, according to SITE Intelligence Group, was announced by the Amaq agency, controlled by terrorists. On August 17, a van hit dozens of pedestrians on the Ramblas in central Barcelona. 12 or 13 people died, 90 were injured. The driver left the car and fled. The crime was recognized as a terrorist attack.

In Barcelona on August 17, the van crashed into a crowd of people on Rambla Street; 13 people were killed. Such attacks have become more frequent in European countries after a terrorist attack in Nice in July 2016 - since then at least seven more attacks have been committed (six of them have been qualified as terrorist attacks, and in one case the criminal’s connection with terrorists has not yet been established). The tactics used by terrorists are called Car-Ramming ("Taran car").

A second suspect has been detained in the city of Manleu near Barcelona in connection with the August 17 attack. This was reported by the Catalan TV channel TV3 without specifying the source. The information that two people were detained in the case was confirmed by the head of the Generalitat of Catalonia, Carlos Puigdemont. Earlier, the first suspect in the attack was detained in Manleu. The media suggest that this is Driss Oukabir, who was named one of the perpetrators of the attack.

One of the alleged terrorists who hit pedestrians in Barcelona was killed in a shootout with police. La Vanguardia writes about this, there is no official confirmation of the information yet. According to the publication, the shootout took place in the Barcelona suburb of Sant Just Desvern (20 Minutos reports that in nearby Esplugues de Llobregat). El Mundo writes that a man who had previously broken through a police cordon in the city center was shot dead.

The drivers of the truck that killed more than a hundred people on the Rambla are not among those detained in connection with the Barcelona terrorist attack. This was stated by Catalan police spokesman Josep Trapero. However, he emphasized that these people are “directly connected” with the attack. He said that they were natives of Spain and Morocco; one of them was detained in the Catalan city of Alcanar, the other in Ripoli (we are probably talking about Drissa Ucabir ).

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Barcelona bombing suspect Driss Oukabir has been arrested, El Periodico newspaper reported. The newspaper La Vanguardia also reports the arrest of Ukabir and another person involved in the attack. We can talk about the detention of a person who tried to break through the police cordon. According to the El Periodico report, Ukabir was detained in the city of Manlier, where one of the vans wanted in connection with the attack was found.

ORIOL DURAN / AP / Scanpix / Leta On the afternoon of August 17, the van crashed into passers -by on Rambla Street in the center of Barcelona. At least 13 people were killed, dozens were injured. The police almost immediately declared the terrorist attack. Neither about the number of attackers, nor about their possible motives of information yet. "Medusa" tells what happened in Barcelona. What happened in Barcelona in the first hours after the attack.

On the evening of August 17, a van drove into pedestrians on La Rambla in central Barcelona. According to police, 32 people were injured. Officially, one person was killed; according to media reports, there may be 13 victims. Shortly after news of the attack appeared , a flash mob began on Twitter: users posted photos of cats with the hashtags Barcelona and La Rambla.

The Spanish media published a photo and the name of a man suspected of committing a terrorist attack in Barcelona on 17 August. The edition 20 minutos informs that this data was distributed by the police. The man's name is Driss Oukabir. He rented a second van involved in the attack. Whether police believe Ukabir was behind the wheel of the car that hit the pedestrians on the Rambla is unclear. On August 17, a van hit dozens of pedestrians on the Ramblas in central Barcelona.