A top Spanish government official in Catalonia has expressed regret about those injured when police cracked down on people taking part in a banned referendum.

Dozens of people were injured when a powerful car bomb exploded early today in northern Spain outside a barracks housing police officers and their families.

Spanish police discovered the body of a German teenager and the chopped-up remains of his parents in their coastal villa in eastern Spain, the Interior Ministry said today.

A hijacked plane that was flown to Spain’s Canary Islands from Mauritania was raided by security forces and a suspect arrested, according to the Foreign Ministry.