Isis takes credit. Shocker.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/horrific-video-shows-bodies-blood-11005893http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/08/17/injuries-reported-after-vehicle-hits-people-in-barcelona-plaza.htmlDEVELOPING: ISIS on Thursday afternoon claimed responsibility for the terror attack in Barcelona that killed at least 13 people and wounded more than 100 others.
The terror group took credit for the assault via its propaganda arm, according to SITE Intel Group.
"The perpetrators of the attack in #Barcelona are Islamic state soldiers and carried out the operation on command of [ISIS' leader] of targeting coalition countries," the ISIS release stated.
At least two people have been arrested as suspects in the attack, according to the regional president of Catalonia.
Police initially named Driss Oukabir, a Moroccan citizen who lived in Spain legally, as a suspect in the attack. However, local media are reporting a man with that name told police that his identification documents were stolen, possibly by his younger brother.
Oukabir rented the van that was used in the attack, according to El Pais.
A government official has confirmed to Fox News that intelligence agencies are now combing through their holdings, including terror watch lists, to determine if Oukabir was known to the FBI, DHS and other agencies. Officials are also working to determine if the suspect was blocked from entering the U.S., or if this was a radicalized individual that was not on government radar.
A white van jumped onto a sidewalk and sped through a pedestrian zone on Las Ramblas of Barcelona, the famous main pedestrian walk way that crosses the city. The van swerved from side to side as it plowed into tourists and residents.
Police described the incident on Twitter as a "massive crash."
State-owned broadcaster RTVE reported that investigators think two vans were used -- one for the attack and a second as a getaway vehicle.
A second suspect was killed during a shootout with police in Sant Just, a town located 7 miles outside of Barcelona, El Mundo newspaper reported. It's unclear if that incident is related to the van attack.
Police officers tell members of the public to leave the scene in a street in Barcelona, Spain, Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017. Police in the northern Spanish city of Barcelona say a white van has jumped the sidewalk in the city's historic Las Ramblas district, injuring several people. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)Expand / Collapse
Police officers tell members of the public to leave the scene in a street in Barcelona, Spain, Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017 (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
Police said that a bomb squad is checking out the area where the driver of a car who struck two police officers is located.
Local media originally reported two men involved in the attack had been holed up in a bar, but that was dispelled by Catalan police.
A Catalan official said that three days of mourning have been declared in the city following the attack.
Prime Minister of Spain Mariano Rajoy tweeted that he is going to Barcelona.
"Catalonia has always been a land of peace. We will never let a minority to end our way of living, which has been forged throughout the ages," regional president Carles Puigdemont said in a press conference.
"We are a strong city in its diversity and values. Barcelona is a city of peace, of dialogue, of democracy, valient, open to the world. The cowards that have tried to plant terror will not get away with it," Ada Colau, mayor of Barcelona said.
Interior Minister Joaquim Forn, condemned the attack, adding the number of 13 dead and about 50 injured may change because there are serious injuries.
"We are working to restore maximum order," he told a group of reporters.
A grisly video of the incident appeared to show at least five people lying motionless on the ground, with legs twisted and heads bloodied.
"It was real chaos, people started running, screaming. There was a loud bang," eyewitness Ethan Spibey told Sky News.
