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Barcelona terrorist attack

Thu 17 Aug 2017

Two arrested as 13 people dead and at least 80 injured

Police officers and emergency service workers set up a security perimeter near the site where a van crashes into pedestrians in Las Ramblas, downtown Barcelona . Photogrph: Andreu Dalmau /EPA

Policemen check the identity of people standing with their hands up. Photo: Josep Lago/AFP/Getty

People leave a fastfood with hands up as asked by policemen after a van ploughed into the crowd. Photo: Joseph Lago/AFP.

A still image from video shows a police officer gesturing while walking across a road, after a van crashed into people in the centre of Barcelona. Photo: via Reuters

People walk down a main street in Barcelona, Spain. Photo: AP Photo/Manu Fernandez

People flee from the scene after a white van jumped the path in the historic Las Ramblas district of Barcelona. Photo: AP Photo/Giannis Papanikos

People flee the scene in Barcelona, Spain. Photo: AP Photo/Giannis Papanikos

Police officers and emergency service workers move an injured man, after a van crashes into pedestrians in Las Ramblas. Photo: Quique Garcia/EPA

An armed policeman arrives in a cordoned off area after a van ploughed into the crowd. Photo: Josep Lago/AFP/Getty Images

Heavily armed police officers arrive for a manhunt near the site where a van crashes into pedestrians in Las Ramblas, downtown Barcelona. Photo: Andreu Dalmau /EPA

The that drove into the crowd is towed away from the Rambla in Barcelona on August 18, 2017. Photograph: Josep Lago/AFP/Getty Images

Policemen check a car involved in a terrorist attack in Cambrils, a city 120 kilometres south of Barcelona, on August 18, 2017. Photograph: Lluis Gene AFP/Getty

A man displays a candle next to flowers and a message for victims on August 18. Photograph: Javier Soriano/AFP/Getty Images

Spanish police officers stand guard on Las Ramblas a day after the attack. Photograph: Javier Soriano/AFP/Getty Images

Police check the area after towing away the van. Photograph: Josep Lago /AFP/Getty Images

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