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At Least 32 Injured After Van Strikes Crowd In Barcelona, Police Say

Police describe the incident as a terrorist attack, and are searching for the driver responsible. Authorities say at least one person died, while local media report more than a dozen fatalities.
Police and medical staff stand near police cars and an ambulance in a cordoned-off area after a van plowed into a crowd on Las Ramblas boulevard on Thursday, injuring multiple people. / JOSEP LAGO / Getty Images

Updated at 1:20 p.m. ET

A van drove into a crowd of people on a popular pedestrian street in Barcelona, Spain, injuring at least 32 people and causing at least one fatality. Police say the driver fled the scene and that a

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