Page 16 - Terrorism Analyst News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

We keep getting mixed messages about whether or not there is possible wider cell about other events that have happened in and around this which might subject other people being complicit. we don't know if anything really happened in the restaurant. we don't know if there was gun fire. the simple bottom line here is that the questions are multiplying faster than the answers so far. the authorities are trying to play catch up. >> clearly this investigation is only just beginning and the van driver apparently still very much on the loose. >> absolutely. >> thanks for that. let's bring in our cnn ...

Relaying information from spanish investigators who believe there was a getaway vehicle at the scene, that the suspects may have been trying to get to, and, again, that doesn't fully explain what the other reports, including from the man you just spoke to on-air, the bartender there at at restaurant nearby who says they're holed up, not allowed to leave, because they are -- there's a scene there nearby, just a few meters away, where there are believed -- there is believed to be a hostage situation. so perhaps maybe because of the crowded situation, because of the stampede, maybe because of som...

Obviously if there are any new developments let's continue this conversation. i want to just bring you secretary tillerson was speaking a little earlier about the attack in barcelona. let's listen to what he had to say. >> i'd like to start by acknowledging the incident in barcelona which has the hallmarks, it appears, of yet another terrorist attack. we offer our condolences to the loss of life and the injuries that have occurred to so many innocent people yet again. we will continue to monitor the situation. we stand ready to assist law enforcement, national security authorities in spain. ou...

Attack. we know that for sure and spain has had to deal with this before. 192 dead, 2,000 injured in the 2004 madrid subway attack. it's not foreign to them. >> secretary tillerson also during those comments a few moments ago urged americans who might be in this part of spain especially to let your loved ones know that you are in fact safe. evan coleman is an msnbc terrorism analyst and also senior partner at flashpoint. evan, we just heard from tom there with regards to the chatter. what we're hearing, what we're not hearing. what, if anything, can you add to that? i know you've spent a fair ...

You and i have spent a lot of time on tv talking about these vehicular accidents that sometimes turn out to be terrorist attacks. it is certainly a new challenge for law enforcement. >> this is what we call a zero cost, zero stop attack. >> say that again. >> zero cost because it costs almost nothing to carry out these attacks. and zero stop. there is no time to stop them when they -- we get them at what we call the point of failure, when the incident is actually unfolding. and as we saw in nice, the only thing you can do is kill the driver. and in this instance, if it is an act of terrorism, ...