Report: Arrest made in Barcelona attack
People flee the scene in Barcelona, Spain, Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017 after a white van jumped the sidewalk in the historic Las Ramblas district, crashing into a summer crowd of residents and tourists and injuring several people, police said. (AP Photo/Oriol Duran)
BARCELONA, Spain – Spain’s public broadcaster says a suspect in the Barcelona van attack has been arrested.
State-owned broadcaster RTVE reported Thursday night that a man was detained a few hours after a van drove into crowds in the popular Las Ramblas district.
Police have not confirmed an arrest.
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A private Spanish news agency, Europa Press, reported that police were looking for a man named Driss Oukabir. The news agency says he was suspected of having rented a van connected to the attack.
It wasn’t clear if that person is the man who was arrested.
RTVE says investigators think two vans were used — one for the attack and a second as a getaway vehicle.
