In addition, at least 100 injuries have been reported. Catalan police have labeled the incident a terror attack.
The president of the Catalan region confirmed Thursday evening that two suspects had been taken into custody following the attack Thursday afternoon in which a van rammed into a crowd of people in Barcelona's city square.
It was reported after the incident that two men suspected of involvement in the incident had barricaded themselves in a bar and taken hostages. Catalan police have denied that any such hostage situation was ongoing.
Spanish police have released a photograph of Driss Oukabir, a Moroccan-born man who is alleged to have rented the van used in the attack.
🚨BREAKING: #Barcelona van attack suspect identified as Driss Oukabir, of Moroccan origin. pic.twitter.com/v6PWEgQCZG
— AR (@Abdireports) August 17, 2017
This death toll makes it the deadliest terror attack in Spain since the 2004 Madrid train bombing that killed 192 and injured over 2,000 people.
