MADRID, Aug 17 (Reuters) - A van has crashed into dozens of people in Barcelona's city centre, local police said on Wednesday.

There were several injured in a "massive crash", police said on Twitter. Catalan emergency services said people should not go to the area around Placa Catalunya. (Reporting by Madrid newsroom,; Writing by Angus Berwick; Editing by Alison Williams)

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