Fatalities confirmed after `likely´ terror attack in Barcelona, perpetrators said to be holed up in bar
(The Star Travel)

A white van jumped the sidewalk Thursday in Barcelona’s historic Las Ramblas district, plowing into a summer crowd of tourists and residents, police said. The El Pais newspaper said police were treating the crash as a terror attack.Police in Spain have confirmed there are fatalities.Catalan police tweeted that “there are mortal victims and injured from the crash� without specifying numbers. The Barcelona-based La Vanguardia newspaper is reporting at least one dead and 20 injured.A van jumpted the sidewalk in Barcelona’s iconic Las Ramblas area, slamming into pedestrians. At least five were seen lying on the ground on the popular tourist street.El Pais newspaper, citing unnamed police sources, says the two perpetrators are holed up in a bar in central Barcelona. Various local media reports have called it a terror attack, but authorities haven’t officially confirmed it.