BARCELONA, Spain — Authorities said a terror attack in Barcelona claimed at least 13 lives on Thursday and left 80 others injured after a van slammed into pedestrians on Barcelona's popular La Rambla street.
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Mossos d'Esquadra, the Catalonia police force, confirmed the attack in a Twitter post around 5:10 p.m. local time.
There has just been a massive trampling on the Ramblas in Barcelona by a person with a van. There are injured
— Mossos (@mossos) August 17, 2017
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