Van crashes into pedestrians in Barcelona terror attack

A man, who says he is Muslim, gives hugs to passers-by next to candles and flowers placed on the ground for the victims of an attack that left many killed and wounded in Barcelona, Spain on Aug. 24, 2017.

A woman writes a message on the ground as a memorial tribute after the recent attack that left many killed and wounded in Barcelona, Spain on Aug. 24, 2017.

People attend an interfaith event in memory of the victims of the attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain on Aug. 24, 2017. At least 15 people were killed and some 130 others injured after cars crashed into pedestrians on the La Rambla boulevard in Barcelona and on a promenade in the coastal city of Cambrils on Aug. 17. The so-called 'Islamic State' claimed responsibility for the attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils.

People display flowers, messages and candles to pay tribute to the victims of the Barcelona and Cambrils attacks on the Rambla boulevard in Barcelona on Aug. 22, 2017, one week after a van plowed into the crowd, killing 15 people and injuring over 100.

People display flowers and candles to pay tribute to the victims of the Barcelona and Cambrils attacks on the Rambla boulevard in Barcelona on Aug. 22, 2017, five days after the attacks that killed 15 people. An alleged member of the terror cell that unleashed carnage in Spain last week admitted to a judge Tuesday that he and other suspects had planned a bigger attack, a judicial source said.

People display flowers and candles to pay tribute to the victims of the Barcelona and Cambrils attacks on the Rambla boulevard in Barcelona on Aug. 22, 2017, five days after the attacks that killed 15 people.

A policeman hugs a boy and his family that he helped during the terrorist attack, at a memorial to the victims on Las Ramblas, Barcelona, Spain on Aug. 21, 2017.

A Civil Guard van leaves the Audiencia Nacional court direction Soto del Real prison, in Madrid, Spain on Aug. 22, 2017, with Mohammed Houli Chemlal and Driss Oukabir, two of the four suspects arrested in relation to the terrorist attacks in Catalonia, after declaring before the judge in relation to the terrorist attacks in which 15 people died and 130 were injured when two vehicles crashed into pedestrians in Las Ramblas, downtown Barcelona and on a promenade in Cambrils on Aug. 17, 2017. The judge has ordered two of the suspects to be held without bail, one to be remanded in custody and one suspect released.

Relatives and friends of 75-year-old Pepita Codina attend her funeral in Sant Hipolit de Voltrega, Barcelona, Spain on Aug. 22, 2017.

A woman hangs a message to pay tribute to the victims of the Barcelona and Cambrils attacks on the Rambla boulevard in Barcelona on Aug. 21, 2017, four days after the Barcelona and Cambrils attacks that killed 15 people. Spanish police said on Aug. 21, 2017 that they have identified the driver of the van that mowed down pedestrians on the busy Las Ramblas boulevard in Barcelona, killing 13. The 22-year-old Moroccan is believed to be the last remaining member of a 12-man cell still at large in Spain or abroad, with the others killed by police or detained over last week's twin attacks in Barcelona and the seaside resort of Cambrils that claimed 14 lives, including a seven-year-old boy.

Catalonian Police Mossos d'Esquadra work at the site where they have shot a man wearing what looked like an explosive belt, and believed to be the alleged attack van driver Younes Abouyaaqoub, during a police operation in Subirats, near Barcelona on Aug. 21, 2017.

Two men look at flags, messages and candles placed on the ground after a van attack that killed at least 14 people in Las Ramblas promenade, Spain on Aug. 21, 2017.

A hearse with the remains of a 65-year-old man and his 3-year-old grandson arrives at Sant Pere church during their funeral in Rubi, Spain on Aug. 21, 2017.

People display flowers, candles, balloons and many objects to pay tribute to the victims of the Barcelona and Cambrils attacks on the Rambla boulevard in Barcelona on Aug. 21, 2017, four days after the Barcelona and Cambrils attacks that killed 15 people.

Two youngsters offer 'free hugs' at Las Rambas avenue in Barcelona, Spain on Aug. 21, 2017.

People stand next to candles and flowers placed on the ground, after a terror attack that left many killed and wounded in Barcelona, Spain on Aug. 20, 2017.

A woman lights up a candle at a memorial tribute to the victims of the vehicle attacks on Barcelona's historic Las Ramblas promenade, in Barcelona, Spain on Aug. 20, 2017.

Spain's King Felipe, centre, stands with Queen Letizia and Catalonia regional President Carles Puigdemont, center, at a memorial tribute of flowers, messages and candles to the van attack victims in Las Ramblas promenade, Barcelona, Spain on Aug. 19, 2017. Authorities in Spain and France pressed the search Saturday for the supposed ringleader of an Islamic extremist cell that carried out vehicle attacks in Barcelona and a seaside resort, as the investigation focused on links among the Moroccan members and the house where they plotted the carnage.

A woman writes a note on a tree of La Rambla, in Barcelona, Spain on Aug. 20, 2017.

A couple embrace as they gather around tributes on Las Ramblas near the scene of Thursday's terrorist attack, on Aug. 19, 2017 in Barcelona, Spain. A nationwide manhunt continues for Younes Abouyaaqoub, now named by Spanish media as the suspected driver in an attack that left thirteen people dead and dozens injured when a van was driven at crowds in the popular Las Ramblas area of Barcelona on Thursday.

Police officers investigate the rubble of a house, where suspects of this week's twin assaults in Spain were believed to be building bombs, in Alcanar on Aug. 20, 2017. Police said today they have found more than 120 gas canisters in a house in Alcanar, where suspects of this week's twin assaults in Spain were believed to be building bombs for "one or more" attacks in Barcelona. On the eve of the attack in Barcelona, an explosion had occurred at the house about 200 kilometers south of the city, and police believe it was detonated in error by the suspected jihadists.

People leave post-it notes with messages against the attacks and in tribute to the victims of the Barcelona attack, on a kiosk on Las Ramblas boulevard in Barcelona on Aug. 19, 2017.

People pay respect at a memorial tribute of flowers, messages and candles to the victims on Barcelona's historic Las Ramblas promenade on the Joan Miro mosaic, embedded in the pavement where the van stopped after killing at least 13 people in Barcelona, Spain on Aug. 19, 2017.

People stand next to candles and flower tributes placed on the ground after a terror attack that killed 14 people and wounded over 120 in Barcelona, Spain on Aug. 20, 2017. Police put up scores of roadblocks across northeast Spain on Sunday in hopes of capturing a fugitive suspect at large following the vehicle attack.

People give out free hugs on the Las Ramblas boulevard in Barcelona on Aug. 19, 2017, two days after a van plowed into the crowd, killing 13 persons and injuring over 100.

Families of young men believed responsible for the attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils gather along with members of the local Muslim community to denounce terrorism and show their grief in Ripoll, north of Barcelona, Spain on Aug. 19, 2017. Authorities in Spain and France pressed the search Saturday for the supposed ringleader of an Islamic extremist cell that carried out vehicle attacks in Barcelona and a seaside resort, as the investigation focused on links among the Moroccan members and the house where they plotted the carnage.

People holding up banners reading messages of solidarity take part a gathering to protest called by Fuenlabrada Islamic Cultural Center against Barcelona and Cambrils terrorist attacks, at Puerta del Sol Squarer, Madrid on Aug. 20, 2017. At least 14 people were killed and some 130 others injured after cars crashed into pedestrians on the La Rambla boulevard in Barcelona and on a promenade in the coastal city of Cambrils on Aug. 17. Spanish police have stated that the attacks in Barcelona and in Cambrils were linked. The so-called 'Islamic State' in the meantime has claimed responsibility for the attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils.

Residents and tourists crowd as they visit the Las Ramblas in Barcelona three days after the terrorist attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils on Aug. 20, 2017 in Barcelona, Spain.

In this handout photo provided by Casa de S.M. el Rey de Espana, King Felipe VI of Spain and Queen Letizia of Spain visits a victim of last Thursday's terrorist attack at the Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau on Aug. 19, 2017 in Barcelona, Spain.

People hold written signs before observing a minute of silence for the victims of the Barcelona attack at Plaza de Catalunya on Aug. 18, 2017, a day after a van plowed into the crowd, killing 14 persons and injuring over 100 on the Rambla in Barcelona, Spain.

People gather next to flowers, candles and other items set up on the Las Ramblas boulevard in Barcelona as they pay tribute to the victims of the Barcelona attack on Aug. 18, 2017.

King Felipe VI of Spain (C) and Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy (C-L) join other dignitaries and residents of Barcelona in Placa de Catalunya to observe one minute of silence for the victims of the terrorist attack, on Aug. 18, 2017 in Barcelona, Spain.

A person, on a bench of La Rambla boulevard, reads the Catalan newspaper el Periodico on Aug. 18, 2017.

A man places flowers at the Canaletas fountain on the Rambla boulevard on Aug. 18, 2017.

Armed police officers patrol a street in Las Ramblas on Aug. 18, 2017.

A police officer removes police tape in Barcelona on Aug. 18, 2017.

Policemen check a car involved in a terrorist attack in Cambrils, a city 120 kilometres south of Barcelona, on Aug. 18, 2017. Some eight hours after the attack in Barcelona, an Audi A3 car rammed into pedestrians in Cambrils, a city 120 kilometres south of Barcelona, injuring six civilians -- one of them critical -- and a police officer, authorities said.

Investigators search for evidence in the site of a shooting between security forces and alleged terrorists in the coastal city of Cambrils, Spain on Aug. 18, 2017. Five alleged terrorists, who were wearing belts resembling suicide belts, were shot dead by security forces as they were running away in the early morning on Aug. 18 in the coastal city of Cambrils. According to police, the they had attacked pedestrians using a vehicle next to a promenade, injuring seven people, including a police officer.

The van who plowed into the crowd, killing at least 13 people and injuring around 100 others is towed away from the Rambla in Barcelona on Aug. 18, 2017. A driver deliberately rammed a van into a crowd on Barcelona's most popular street on Aug. 17, 2017 killing at least 13 people before fleeing to a nearby bar, police said. Officers in Spain's second-largest city said the ramming on Las Ramblas was a "terrorist attack". The driver of a van that mowed into a packed street in Barcelona is still on the run, Spanish police said.

Policemen check the area after towing away the van which plowed into the crowd, killing at least 13 people and injuring around 100 others on the Rambla in Barcelona on Aug. 18, 2017.

Tourists wait for the police to allow them to go back to their hotel on the Rambla boulevard after a van plowed into the crowd, killing at least 13 people and injuring around 100 others is towed away from the Rambla in Barcelona on Aug. 18, 2017.

A damaged van, believed to be the one used in the attack, is surrounded by police officers in the Las Ramblas area on Aug. 17, 2017 in Barcelona, Spain. Officials say 12 people are confirmed dead and at least 50 injured after a van plowed into people in the Las Ramblas area of the city.

Policemen check the identity of people standing with their hands up in Barcelona on Aug. 17, 2017.

Emergency workers stand on a blocked street in Barcelona.

Mossos d'Esquadra Police officers and emergency service workers move an injured person after a van crashes into pedestrians in Las Ramblas, downtown Barcelona, Spain, on Aug. 17, 2017. According to initial reports a van crashed into a crowd in Barcelona's famous Placa Catalunya square at Las Ramblas area injuring several. Local media report the van driver ran away, metro and train stations were closed. The number of people injured and the reasons behind the incident are not yet known.

Injured people are treated in Barcelona.

People leave a cordoned in Barcelona.

People comfort each other after a van plowed into a crowd in Barcelona on Aug. 17, 2017.

An injured person is carried in Barcelona after a white van jumped the sidewalk in the historic Las Ramblas district, crashing into a summer crowd of residents and tourists and injuring several people, police said.

An injured person is treated in Barcelona.

People phone relatives or friends in Barcelona

Police officers tell members of the public to leave the scene on a street in Barcelona.

An injured person is treated in Barcelona.

Mossos d'Esquadra Police officers attend to injured people after a van crashed into pedestrians in downtown Barcelona. According to initial reports a van crashed into a crowd in Barcelona's famous Placa Catalunya square at Las Ramblas area injuring several. Local media report the van driver ran away, metro and train stations were closed. The number of people injured and the reasons behind the incident are not yet known. Official sources have not confirmed that the incident is a terrorist attack. Faces blurred by source due to local law.

People flee the scene in Barcelona.

A police officer gestures as he blocks a street in Barcelona.

Children are escorted down a road in Barcelona, Spain on Aug. 17, 2017.

Mossos d'Esquadra Police officers and emergency service workers set up a security perimeter near the site where a van crashed into pedestrians in downtown Barcelona.

Injured people react after a van crashed into pedestrians in Barcelona, Spain on Aug.17, 2017.

Armed policemen arrive in a cordoned off area in Barcelona on Aug. 17, 2017.

Children, some in tears, are escorted down a road in Barcelona.

Injured people react after a van crashed into pedestrians in downtown Barcelona, Spain.

Policemen accompany an elderly woman near a cordoned off area.

Mossos d'Esquadra Police officers and emergency service workers move an injured man, after a van crashed into pedestrians in downtown Barcelona, Spain, Aug. 17 2017. According to initial reports a van crashed into a crowd in Barcelona's famous Placa Catalunya square at Las Ramblas area injuring several. Local media report the van driver ran away, metro and train stations were closed. The number of people injured and the reasons behind the incident are not yet known. Official sources have not confirmed that the incident is a terrorist attack.

A police officer cordons off a street in Barcelona, Spain, Aug. 17, 2017. Police in the northern Spanish city of Barcelona say a white van has jumped the sidewalk in the city's historic Las Ramblas district, injuring several people.

A policemen and a medical staff member stand near police cars and an ambulance in a cordoned off area after a van ploughed into a crowd, injuring several persons on the Rambla in Barcelona on Aug. 17, 2017.

A person is taken out of a mall on a stretcher by medical staff members.

Police officers tell members of the public to leave the scene on a street in Barcelona, Spain on Aug. 17, 2017.