Police in Barcelona said that several people were hurt when a driver lost control and rammed into a crowd gathered outside a professional football match in the Spanish top flight on Thursday. The police for Catalonia called the incident an accident.
The incident occurred in the opening minutes of Barcelona’s game at crosstown rival Espanyol with the visitors eyeing the La Liga title.
Salvador Illa, the regional president for Spain's Catalonia region, said that all the injuries were “minor" and also ruled out any deliberate attack.
Police said initially seven or eight people were injured when the vehicle ploughed into the crowd outside RCDE Stadium in southern Barcelona.
The police added in a message on X that the incident presented no danger to the people inside the stadium.
