The Filipino-Irish family caught up in the Barcelona terror attack have returned safely to Ireland.

UPDATE 10pm: Police in Rotterdam stopped a van with Spanish licence plates containing a number of gas bottles close to the venue of a concert by an American rock band that was cancelled following a threat, the mayor of the Dutch port city said.

Police have found a belt with real explosives at the house where the terror suspects accused of killing 15 people in attacks on Barcelona and Cambrils last week had allegedly been preparing a bigger attack.

Latest: A judge has ordered two suspects in the Spain attacks to be held without bail, one to be detained for another 72 hours and a fourth to be freed.

Four alleged members of a terror cell accused of killing 15 people in attacks in Barcelona and a Spanish resort were due in court today, a day after the last missing member of the cell was shot dead down by police.

More than £34,000 (€37,297) has been raised for the family of a "much-loved" seven-year-old boy killed in the Barcelona terror attack.

LATEST: Police have confirmed that the man shot dead in Spain is Barcelona attacker Younes Abouyaaqoub.

Catalan Police say up to three terror suspects could be on the run, as they can not identify the remains of bodies recovered in an explosion at a house, south of Barcelona.

Latest: In a statement, released by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Australia, his family said: "Julian was a much loved and adored member of our family.

Police in Spain have linked three rental vans to the fugitive at the centre of a manhunt following terror attacks in Barcelona and a nearby seaside resort.

Spanish police have raided the flat of a man they think may by the ringleader of the group behind the terror attacks.

At least 14 people have been killed and more than 100 injured in the terror attacks in Spain, with those affected hailing from all over the world.

Spanish police say reports that seven-year-old Julian Alessandro Cadman, who has been missing since Thursday’s terrorist attack in Barcelona, had been found alive in hospital are not true.

Latest:The Spanish government has said it will reinforce security at tourist hotspots across the country.

The terrorists behind deadly attacks in Spain that killed 14 people were preparing bigger atrocities than those they carried out, police said.

THE attack on us all, on our way of life, in Barcelona on Thursday night, was the seventh terrorist atrocity where a vehicle was used as a weapon during the last year in Europe.

Former Barcelona captain and coach Pep Guardiola has spoken of his sorrow following Thursday's terrorist attack in his home city. MANCHESTER CITY MANAGER PEP GUARDIOLA SADDENED BY BARCELONA TERROR ATTACK

At least 14 people were killed in the terror attacks in Spain.

A man caught in the panic of a second terrorist incident during yesterday's attacks in Spain described the scenes as like watching a "horror film".

Here is a timeline of how events unfolded in Alcanar, Barcelona and Cambrils.

A grandfather has made an emotional appeal for information about his seven-year-old grandson missing in yesterday's Barcelona attack.

Barcelona was returning to its usual bustling self hours after terrorists killed 13 people and injured scores of others.

Cambrils, the Spanish coastal town which was the scene of the second terror attack, was also where the operational leader of the 9/11 atrocity met with one of the al-Qaida planners

Latest: Victims from 34 countries were killed or injured in the Spain terror attacks, a Spanish ambassador said.

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Spanish police have said they have killed four attackers in the coastal town of Cambrils in a separate alleged terror plot to the Barcelona terror attack which left at least 13 people dead and more than 100 injured after a van ploughed into pedestrians in a busy tourist area of the city.

Barcelona will wear black armbands for their opening match of the season this weekend in tribute to the victims of the terror attack in the city.

The attack in Barcelona is the latest major terrorist outrage to hit Europe in recent years.

A van ploughing into pedestrians in a busy area of Barcelona echoes the circumstances of terror atrocities that have hit several countries - including Germany, France and the UK.

Witnesses to the terror attack in Barcelona described how a white van hurtled through crowds without slowing down.

LATEST: At least 13 people have been killed and more than 100 injured after a van ploughed into pedestrians in a terror attack in a busy tourist area of Barcelona.