Police in Spain announced early Friday they killed five people in a suspected second terror attack in Cambrils, hours after a van rammed into a crowd about 70 miles away in Barcelona, killing at least 13 people.
State-run broadcaster RTVE reported the suspects attempted to carry out a similar attack to the one in Barcelona, by driving a vehicle into pedestrians. It said seven people were injured — two seriously — by the suspects.
Authorities said the suspects were wearing bomb belts.
The regional police force said it’s working to determine if the suspects in Cambrils were linked to the Barcelona attack, as well as to a Wednesday night gas explosion in Alcanar, which left one person dead.
Meantime, authorities were on the hunt for the van driver that killed at least 13 people and injured more than 100. It was not immediately clear how the suspects killed in Cambrils may have been connected to the Barcelona attack.
BREAKING NEWS: Spanish Police Say They Have Killed Several Suspects While Responding To a ‘Possible Terrorist Attack’ South of Barcelona pic.twitter.com/brWa9xWvQj
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) August 18, 2017
At least two people have been arrested as suspects in the Barcelona incident, according to the regional president of Catalonia. One of the suspects is a Spanish national from Melilla, and the other is a Moroccan citizen who lived in Spain legally.
ISIS claimed responsibility for the terror attack on Thursday through its propaganda arm, according to SITE Intel Group.
#BREAKING: Police say 5 suspects killed in Spanish resort town were carrying bomb belts and had run over civilians with car – AP
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) August 18, 2017
(AP)
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Huh!
They killed innocent civilians!
I hear a condemnation at the UN.
Why couldn’t they just eat their finger at them and declare that they
Sorry for above typo!
Why couldn’t the police just wag their finger and say, “No! No! We’re civilized! We don’t do that!” I’m sure they would have listened! No?