https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2017/aug/17/barcelona-attack-van-driven-into-crowd-in-las-ramblas-districthttp://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-40965581Barcelona van attack: multiple deaths reported in Las Ramblas area - latest updates
Police confirm fatalities and say they are treating incident in Spanish city as terror attack, amid local reports that armed men have entered restaurant
Seems some scumbags rammed a van into a crowd and have now taken up hostages in a restaurant
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La Rambla is a street in central Barcelona, popular with tourists and locals alike. A tree-lined pedestrian mall, it stretches for 1.2 kilometres connecting Plaça de Catalunya in the centre with the Christopher Columbus Monument at Port Vell.
This is a very busy area with lots of shops and restaurants , so its obvious why it was targeted