it appears he is speaking to the police at the moment. he is the owner of and israeli tourism company that has been based in barcelona for the best part of 20 years. we will try to come back to him in just a moment. instead, let s try and see if we can speak to the rabbi of barcelona. i m here. thank you very much for joining us. it just tell us what you have seen taking place in the center of barcelona today. in the middle of las romblas, very close to the restaurant. in the place we were saying, the
police do not want me to go to the scene because they are looking for the attackers, shops are closed and some streets are closed. my mother and sister were in shop because police decided to close some shops, metro stations are also closed, people seem to be very scared. police are working on the scene to find the two attackers. shepard: we ve just gotten some breaking news, we ve just learned that the second van that was believed to be a part of this attack has now been located, about 40 miles away from this location. the attack happened somewhere around 5:30 local time, it is 6 minutes after 7:00 p.m. now and barcelona, authorities are reporting they found a second van that was involved in this.
enforcement and we will update on that as it gains more weight in the course of the afternoon. shepard: thanks very much. let s turn to former fbi deputy assistant director and former commander of the hostage rescue team. if the reports from the police and barcelona are accurate, there is a standoff at a turkish restaurant with two men holed up inside with hostages. that is what i understand, that creates another issue here. the problem is, they are difficult to deal with. we will see. it takes some very specialized training. it that it is stretched frankly with these guys.
people under the truck, it s like a jungle. i am in shock. we are really worried because we are trapped here and we cannot go out and we are waiting for police instruction. i can see through window. i just want to check something with you, you say las romblas is the heart of barcelona, it is as we understand it an area closed off to traffic. it does appear there weren t any of those blockades, the concrete blocks that we see in other cities around the world. the police are coming now. one moment.
police in spain called the incident terror attack and local media reports 13 people are dead. this white van jumped the sidewalk in barcelona was historic las romblas district. local newspaper says the police are treating the crash as a terrorist attack, 13 people reported locally to be dead. at least two pedestrians are now holed up in a bar nearby. no immediate police confirmation of this report, the authorities are not speaking directly to that matter, at least not yet. in a paragraph on public broadcast, three people were lying on the ground in the street on thursday afternoon, apparently being helped by police and others. other videos show five people down and other screaming as they