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Meanwhile police are continuing to search for the driver of the van used in the Barcelona attack, who fled on foot. He is believed to be the sole attacker there.<\/p>\n
Tourists and locals fled when the rented vehicle sped down Las Ramblas in the centre of the city, mowing down people.<\/p>\n
Witnesses said the van deliberately targeted people, weaving from side to side as it drove down the boulevard.<\/p>\n
Two people have been arrested, but police say neither was the driver.<\/p>\n
Police have released a photo of a man named as Driss Oubakir, whose documents were used to rent the van involved in the attack.<\/p>\n
Local media say he is in his 20s, and was born in Morocco. However, latest reports suggest he has told police he was not involved, and that his documents were stolen.<\/p>\n
So-called Islamic State has said it was behind the Las Ramblas attack, saying in a brief statement carried by its Amaq news agency that it was carried out by “Islamic State soldiers”. The group gave no further evidence or details to back this claim.<\/p>\n
Vehicles have been used to ram into crowds in a series of attacks across Europe since July last year.<\/p>\n
In another incident, police shot dead a man who drove into officers at a checkpoint on the outskirts of Barcelona, but the authorities said there was no evidence that he was connected to the attack in Las Ramblas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Spanish police say they have killed five suspected terrorists in the town of Cambrils to stop a vehicle attack, after an earlier one in Barcelona. The men, wearing explosive belts, were linked to the first attack, police say. Thirteen people died and dozens were hurt when a van hit crowds in the Las Ramblas area […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[107],"tags":[319,111,5402],"yoast_head":"\n