Officials: 12 Dead, 80 Hospitalized In Barcelona Van Attack
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) -- The president of Spain's Catalonia region says police have arrested two people in the van attack in Barcelona's bustling Las Ramblas district.
Carles Puigdemont also gave updated casualty figures during a brief news conference Thursday night.
Puigdemont says 12 people are confirmed dead and at least 80 have been hospitalized since the van jumped a sidewalk and swerved through a busy pedestrian area.
The region's interior minister had tweeted earlier that 13 people had died in the attack.
Barcelona Mayor Ada Colau says a moment of silence will be held in the city's main square at noon Friday "to show that we are not scared and we are more united that ever."
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