Barcelona terror attack – Two cops run over when Ford Focus crashes through terror roadblock and car chase ends with cops gunning down suspect

A DRIVER ran into two officers at a Barcelona police checkpoint after the Las Ramblas terror attack earlier today, cops said.

Spanish media had earlier reported that at least one policeman was injured at the checkpoint.

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Cops said there is no evidence yet whether the incident was linked to the van attack in the city centre, which killed at least 13 people on Las Ramblas avenue.

Catalan police made the announcement on Twitter this evening.

The suspect who rammed two police officers in the outskirts of the city was found dead two and a half miles away from the checkpoint.

Officers were trying to determine if he was killed by cops shooting him, or if he took his life.

Local media reports say a white Ford Focus ran over the officers and then was intercepted by police two miles away.

That's where troopers shot one man dead.

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Barcelona is the latest European city to experience a terror attack using vehicle as a weapon to target a popular tourist destination, after similar attacks in France and Britain.

At least 13 people have died and around 100have been injured after a van ploughed into pedestrians in a terror attack in a busy tourist area of Barcelona.

Spanish police arrested two people after a white Fiat van tore through the Las Ramblas district which was packed with shoppers and holidaymakers.

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The vehicle careered into terrified pedestrians in the busy tree-lined promenade, one of the most popular parts of the city.

Local media said police were hunting a man named Driss Oukabir who is suspected of having rented the van used in the attack.

• WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE ATTACK SO FAR
• A van hit a crowd in the tourist hotpsot Las Ramblas in Barcelona, an area packed with people
• Thirteen people have died and at least 80 more are in hospital
• The driver of the vehicle was seen fleeing on foot
• At least two men have been arrested in connection with the attack
• A driver later ran into two officers at a Barcelona police checkpoint, cops said
• It was not immediately clear whether the incident was linked
• Officials are linking the van attack with an explosion in Alcanar, outside Barcelona on Wednesday, in which one person died

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The passport of a Spanish citizen, of Moroccan origin, was found at the scene.

The identity of those arrested is not clear.

There were also reports that detectives believe two vans were used, one for the attack and a second as a getaway vehicle.

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