Spain Terror Attacks
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Barcelona attack: Death toll rises to 15 as manhunt for attacker expandsAnother vehicle attack early Friday by other members of his extremist cell killed one person and wounded several others in the coastal town of Cambrils. That ended in a shootout with police, who killed five attackers.CrimeAug 21, 2017
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Barcelona attack: Extremists had planned giant attack involving over 100 tanks of butane gasPolice believe the cell members had planned to fill the vans with explosives and create a massive attack in Barcelona.CrimeAug 20, 2017
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Catalonia police can’t rule out possibility that van attack suspect crossed into FrancePolice also said they could not confirm who was the driver of the van that killed 13 people in Barcelona.WorldAug 20, 2017
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Spain maintains high security alert level after twin attacks in Barcelona, CambrilsSpain will maintain its security alert level at 4, one notch below the maximum level which would signal an attack was imminentWorldAug 19, 2017
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9 suspects were involved in Spain terror attacks, at least one remains at largeA cell of at least nine extremists meticulously plotted to combine vehicles and explosives in a direct hit on tourists, and managed to carry off most of their deadly plan, killing 14 people, authorities said Friday.WorldAug 18, 2017
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Barcelona attack: Manhunt intensifies for driver in deadly van attackSpanish authorities said the back-to-back vehicle attacks Thursday afternoon and early Friday morning - as well as a deadly explosion earlier this week in a house elsewhere in Catalonia - were related and the work of a large terrorist group.CrimeAug 18, 2017
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Barcelona attack: Here’s what we know so farThe death toll continues to climb after Spain was hit with back-to-back terrorist attacks since Wednesday evening. The largest attack happened on a crowded street in Barcelona Thursday, killing 13 people and injuring 100 more. Here is what we know so far.WorldAug 18, 2017
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