La Rombla News Today

At the place of las romblas where we are there were at least eight or nine ambulances waitin waiting. >> shepard: on the right-hand side of your screen is what we believe to be the mercedes man in question here. this is a still picture from social media. and this is the white van that came to a stop at the end of la rombla, at the end of this pedestrian area and barcelona. we also have reports of a second band thats been located about 40 miles away, we have that from authorities. i certainly don...

Crowded. you would have to constantly be stepping around people, it was very densely concentrated. >> shepard: stepping around people? >> you couldnt just walk straight lines, everyone was in the middle looking at the different shops that you could buy things. >> shepard: you never mated to la rombla after the attack, right? >> we came from the opposite direction, we came back towards a place we were staying. >> shepard: was an orderly, was a chaotic, where there are a lot of police in the area?...

Three when we viewers the van which came to a rest at the end of la rombla in a still picture, there is bad van. possibly two people emerge, got themselves lost in the crowd and ended up with this turkish restaurant according to local authorities. the closest i get to confirmation is quoting police and that is what im doing. we mentioned a second man about 40 miles away, heres a picture of that, authorities are speaking on that. >> you are not allowed to get in. transportation has been shut down...

Bottom, thats about a third of a mile. this sedan is said to have traveled, running over person after person after person, for a third of a mile through this heavily populated tourist area. if you have been to la rombla, you probably know, millions of people vacation in spain this time of year, august is the month europeans take off and go on holiday and my understanding of things, on a beautiful night and barcelona, this would have been completely packed, lots of restaurants around there, ameri...

A major daily newspaper in barcelona is reporting that the van which came to a stop at the end of las romblas along the boulevard, that van was rented about 25 kilometers north of barcelona in the small town of perpetua de mogoda and they have the name of the person who rented it. police say the driver of the van that rammed over all of these people on la rombla, they dont know -- our understanding is this person is armed, there is negotiation going on of some kind, i stand up for the moment and...

If you would, go back in on that map, you see la rombla. its our belief that these bands have traveled this distance. i originally described this as about three blocks because that is the video we have shows, but this is much longer than three city blocks. its more like ten city blocks. the van comes to a halt at the end, you see where it began on the top of the screen, the authorities are telling us there was a second van as well and they have now located that second van about 40 miles away. fu...

The vans. there is a great deal of confusion, police in barcelona are communicating to the best of their ability, no doubt. but some latest video on sky news, lets go to that. you can see authorities in these alleys around la rombla, lets listen now, sky news has new information. >> the many thousands of people that would normally be there, we heard from an eyewitness that confirmed it was a van that was driven approximately 150 meters down the pedestrian part of the center and initially, subseq...