Latest: Police confirm officers shot and killed four suspects in separate alleged terror plot south of Barcelona

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.

Latest: Police confirm officers shot and killed four suspects in separate alleged terror plot south of Barcelona
  • 13 people have died and at least 100 have been injured in today's Barcelona van attack;
  • Vehicle careered into pedestrians in the city's Las Ramblas district shortly after 4pm Irish time.
  • Authorities have arrested two people; one of them named as Driss Oukabir (pictured below).
  • Police confirmed neither of those in custody was the driver behind the atrocity.
  • A manhunt is under way for the terrorist who drove the van into pedestrians.
  • The so-called Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack.
  • The attack in Barcelona is related to an explosion which killed one person last night in Alcanar.
  • Spanish police have killed several people in the town of Cambrils, south of Barcelona, in relation to the terror attack, shortly after 1am Irish time.
  • The situation in Cambrils where four attackers have been shot dead and one injured, is said to be under control as police operations continue.

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