The cell planned to attack Barcelona's Sagrada Familia. Photo: AFP Spanish investigators have not found any signs that the Islamist cell which is suspected of carrying out last year's jihadist attacks in Barcelona and a nearby seaside resort had international connections, a senior investigator said Thursday. "We have not found to date in any of our lines of investigation evidence of a reliable external catalyst for the attacks," Lieutenant Colonel Francisco Vazquez of Spain's Guardia Civil police told AFP. The Guardia Civil, along with Spain's National Police and Catalonia's regional police force, the Mossos d'Esquadra, are carrying out the investigation into the August 2017 attacks. A total of 16 people were killed when a van drove into crowds on the popular Las Ramblas boulevard in the heart of Barcelona and in a knife attack in the nearby resort of Cambrils. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attacks. … [Read more...] about No evidence Barcelona attackers had international links: police
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Images show terror cell preparing for 2017 Barcelona attack
In this undated photo, published on August 6, 2018 by Spanish journal La Vanguardia, Abouyaaqouab Aalla and Hichamy, two of the terrorists that committed several attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils. Pho Chilling images published in the Spanish media on Monday show men in a terror cell preparing explosives ahead of last year's jihadist attacks in Barcelona and a nearby seaside resort that killed 16 people. In one picture, a plotter smiles and points the sky while wearing an explosives belt around his waist. In another, two men pose for the camera as they make they make the explosives. There is an even a picture of one man posing next to the next Eiffel Tower in Paris. One of the men preparing the explosives is Younes Abouyaaqoub, 22, who drove a van through a crowd of people on the popular Las Ramblas boulevard in the heart of Barcelona on August 17, 2017, killing 13 people. He then stabbed another man to make his getaway … [Read more...] about Images show terror cell preparing for 2017 Barcelona attack
Spain: Photos leaked of suspects in attacks that killed 16
Updated 5:56 am PDT, Tuesday, August 7, 2018 window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-3', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 3', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); Photo: AP Image 1of/3 CaptionClose Image 1 of 3 In this undated photo, published Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2018 by the Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia, a terrorist identified as Youssef Aalla who participated in several attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils on August 17, 2017 killing 16 people and injuring more than 120, poses with an explosive belt at a house in Alcanar, Spain. Spanish media are showing previously unseen photographs leaked from the police investigation into the attacks of some of those involved in last year's terror attacks just days before the anniversary. (La Vanguardia Via AP) less In this undated photo, … [Read more...] about Spain: Photos leaked of suspects in attacks that killed 16
A look at attacks where vehicles have been used as weapons
The Associated Press Updated 8:30 am, Tuesday, April 24, 2018 Photo: Frank Gunn, AP Image 1of/1 CaptionClose Image 1 of 1 A van with a damaged front-end sits idle on a sidewalk after the driver drove down a sidewalk crashing into a number of pedestrians in Toronto, Monday, April 23, 2018. The van apparently jumped a curb Monday in a busy intersection in Toronto and struck the pedestrians and fled the scene before it was found and the driver was taken into custody, Canadian police said. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP) less A van with a damaged front-end sits idle on a sidewalk after the driver drove down a sidewalk crashing into a number of pedestrians in Toronto, Monday, April 23, 2018. The van apparently jumped a curb Monday in ... more Photo: Frank Gunn, AP A look at attacks where vehicles have been used as weapons … [Read more...] about A look at attacks where vehicles have been used as weapons
Ten sentenced to jail for planned Barcelona attacks
The cell planned to target Barcelona. Photo: AFP Ten members of a jihadist cell linked to the Islamic State group (IS) who planned attacks in Barcelona and to film a decapitation were sentenced to 8-12 years in jail on Tuesday. The defendants included five Moroccans, four Spaniards and a Brazilian, the National Court, which handles terror cases, said in a ruling. They were "ready to wage an attack against institutions such as the police, banks or Jewish institutions in Spain at any time, or to join the ranks of Daesh," it added, using the Arabic acronym for IS. The cell was based in Terrassa, not far from Barcelona, the Catalonian capital. READ ALSO: Last year, another jihadist group killed 16 people in attacks there and on the nearby popular seaside city of Cambrils. The 10, whose cell was called "Islamic Fraternity, Group for preaching jihad," were sentenced for "belonging to a terrorist organisation'" the court said. The three leaders of the … [Read more...] about Ten sentenced to jail for planned Barcelona attacks