18 Aug, 2017 @ 08:50
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Spanish cops kill FIVE ‘suicide bombers’ in second attempted van attack, three days of mourning declared

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SPANISH police say they have killed five suspected terrorists in Cambrils in order to stop another van attack.

The men were all wearing explosive belts and were linked to the earlier Las Ramblas attack which killed 13, police said.

Catalan regional head, Carles Puigdemont, later told said that the suicide belts were fake.

Catalan police also confirmed that a third suspect had been arrested in Ripoll following yesterday’s van attack.

They are also being linked to an explosion at a house in Alcanar on Wednesday night which left one dead.

It appeared residents in the house had been preparing explosive devices, police said.

The driver of the first attack is still at large.

Spanish prime minister Mariano Rajoy described it as a jihadist attack while ISIS claimed responsibility.

Rajoy has declared three days of national mourning and minute’s silence will be held later today.

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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