One person confirmed dead, at least 32 injured in Barcelona attack: Police

At least one person is confirmed to have died after a van mowed down pedestrians in Barcelona city center and 32 people were injured, 10 of them seriously, Catalan police and the regional interior ministry said.
   
Other media including El Pais said there were at least 10 dead.

A police spokeswoman could not immediately confirm the number of casualties. 

A van crashed into dozens of people in the center of Barcelona on Aug. 17 and Spanish media said.
   
Police said several people were injured and described the incident on Twitter as a "massive crash". A police spokesman said he could not confirm any deaths or that the incident was being treated as terrorism.
   
Soon afterwards, Spain's El Periodico newspaper reported that two armed men were holed up in a bar in Barcelona's city center, and reported gunfire in the area, although it did not cite the source of the information.
   
It was not immediately clear whether the incidents were connected.
   
Following the van crash, emergency services said people should not go to the area around Barcelona's Placa Catalunya, one of the city's main squares at the top of the famous Las Ramblas avenue, and requested the closure of nearby train and metro stations.
   
El Pais newspaper said the driver of the vehicle had fled on foot after mowing down dozens of people.
   
Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said he was in contact with authorities, and the priority was to attend to the injured.
   
The incident took place at the height of the tourist season in Barcelona, which is one of Europe's top travel destinations with at least 11 million visitors a year. 
   
While full details of the van incident were not immediately clear, vehicles...