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Police confirm that a third person has been arrested in connection with the attacks
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Five terrorists killed after staging an attack in Cambrils, a resort town 110km south of Barcelona
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Man killed at roadblock yesterday may have been taken hostage by van driver, who is still on the run
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Citizens from 24 countries are among the dead and wounded
13.35 No official word yet on the number of British nationals caught by in the attack
But the British Embassy say they have extra staff on the ground to help.
“Our thoughts are with the victims of these terrible attacks and the people of Spain,” said a spokesman from the embassy in Madrid.
“We are currently assisting a small number of British people affected and are working to find out if any more need our help. We have deployed additional staff to Barcelona and have offered support to the Spanish authorities.”
And a reminder that the helpline for people calling from Spain is 112 and 012. From abroad it is 0034 93 214 21 24 and 0034 900 400 012.
13:27 Fourth person arrested according to reports
Catalan paper Ara reports that a fourth person has been arrested after being detained in Ripoll, meaning four people in total are now arrested for the attacks in Barcelona and Cambrills. The police are still searching for the driver from the attack on La Rambla.
13:13 Details of the nationalities of those injured and killed released
The Catalan emergency services have now provided a breakdown of the nationalities of those injured or killed in the attacks:
German, Algerian, Argentinean, Australian, Austrian, Belgian, Moroccan, Canadian, Chinese, Colombian, Romanian, Venezuelan, Cuban, Ecuadorian, Egyptian, Spanish, American, Filipino, French, British, Greek, Dutch, Taiwanese, Honduran, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Kuwaiti, Macedonian, Mauritian, Pakistani, Peruvian, Dominican, Turk.
13:09 Metro stations on La Rambla reopen
The Liceu and Plaça Catalunya metro stations, both of which have entrances on La Rambla, have been reopened.
13:00 34 nationalities among the injured and killed
People of 34 different nationalities were killed or injured in the attacks in Cambrils and Barcelona, according to a provisional figure from the Catalan emergency services.
12:54 Rajoy: We are all Catalonia
Mariano Rajoy has commented on the minute’s silence at Plaça Catalunya.
“I’m grateful for the exemplary behaviour of society. We raise our voices together in defence of freedom. #WeAreAllCatalonia” the Spanish PM wrote on Twitter.
12:31 Fourteenth person dies in hospital
The number of people killed in Thursday’s attacks has increased to 14, the Catalan emergency services have confirmed. A woman who was in critical condition at the Joan XXIII hospital in Tarragona passed away. She was a victim of the attack in Cambrils.
12:27 More details on Cambrils incident
More details have emerged about the confrontation in Cambrils earlier on Friday morning. According to La Vanguardia, a sole Mossos d’Esquadra officer neutralized four of the five attackers, who were armed with machetes and axes according per their sources.
12:18 “This is terrorism’s defeat
Catalan regional President Carles Puigdemont has commented on the minute’s silence:
“The response from Barcelona’s people has been immense, impressive. This is terrorism’s defeat, the spontaneous cries of ‘I am not scared'”.
FC Barcelona, arguably the best-known representative of the city of Barcelona across the world, also marked the minute’s silence at the club’s office. The players will wear black armbands in mourning during their debut match of the La Liga season this weekend.
12:03 “I’m not scared”: Minute’s silence held
Spanish PM Mariano Rajoy, Catalan President Carles Puigdemont and King Felipe VI stood side-by-side for the minute’s silence held at a packed Plaça Catalunya less than 24 hours after the attack. The silence ended with applause by those standing at Barcelona’s major square, followed by a spontaneous outburst of “I’m not scared” (“No tinc por” in Catalan) by those in attendance.
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Barcelona observes a minute of silence in solidarity with the victims. Peace, freedom and democracy will
11:55 Citizens turn out for minute’s silence
Large queues have formed on the streets leading to Plaça Catalunya ahead of the 12:00 minute’s silence. Authorities had told those who wished to attend to arrive early as there would be thorough searches carried out by police.
11.29 WANTED: Moussa Oukabir Soprano
More details have emerged about the presumed driver of the van that mowed down dozens of people on Las Ramblas leaving 13 dead and more than 80 injured.
He has been named in the media as Moussa Oukabir Soprano, the younger brother of Driss Oukabir, who was the first arrested yesterday in Ripoll. According to reports in Spanish media, he is either approaching his 18th birthday or is just 18 and recently returned from a trip to Morocco.
Old posts found on a website dating back two years show that Moussa once said that if he was King of the World the first thing he would do would be “Kill all infidels. And leave only Muslims to follow their religion”.
Authorities have said they believe those involved in the attacks were a cell of 12 people based in Catalonia. Five are dead, three are in custody which leaves four – including the driver – still at large.
11:06 Message from Carles Puigdemont
Catalonia’s President Carles Puigdemont warned Friday a suspect was still on the run after two attacks in Barcelona and another popular Spanish seaside city, saying he could still potentially be
dangerous.
Asked on Spanish radio whether an alleged “terrorist” was still at large and dangerous, he responded: “On the run yes, as for whether he is capable of harm, we don’t know at the moment.”
But he warned that “these types of people have already demonstrated that
they have the will to harm whatever happens.”
10:30 World reaction
A look at the front pages from around the globe. This is how the world reacted to the devastating attack in Barcelona.
10:01 Van suspect
Police have said they are looking for Mussa Oukabir, the younger brother of a man, Driss Oukabir who was arrested in Ripoll on Thursday evening. Driss handed himself in, reportedly after his name and photograph was released to the media as the person thought to have rented the van that carried out the attack on Las Ramblas. He told police that he was not involved and that his ID had been taken.
09.53 Silence in Plaza Catalunya
A minute’s silence will be held in Plaza Catalunya at 12 noon on Friday in memory of the victims to which King Felipe VI is expected to attend.
Police have warned those who want to attend to come on foot and without bringing backpacks or large bags,. And expect to be asked for ID at police checkpoints.
Around 2am in the morning in the seaside resort town of Cambrils, 120km south of Barcelona, reports came through of another vehicle attack. A black Audi A3 attempted to deliberately run down people on the boardwalk of the town.
Armed police shot dead four of the men inside the vehicle and a fifth man was injured after fleeing the vehicle on foot. He later died.
Six bystanders were injured, two described as ‘serious’, and one policeman was hurt in the attack.
Reports suggest that some of the men appear to have been wearing explosive belts.
The upturned Audi used in the attack in Cambrils. Photo: AFP
Police said they were “working on the hypothesis that the terrorists shot dead in Cambrils are linked to what happened in Barcelona”.
Javier Zaragoza, the head of the Audiencia Nacional, the court that deals with terror offences, said on Friday that those killed had no known links to jihadism.
Explosion at house in AlcanarPolice have also linked the two attacks to an earlier explosion that destroyed a house in Alcanar, killing one person and wounding at least one more, on Wednesday night.
Although no terrorism alarm was raised at the time of the explosion, police now say they believe explosives were being prepared at the property, and may have gone off accidentally.
On Thursday evening, two hours after the attack on Las Ramblas, a shootout at a police roadblock in a town close to Barcelona left a man dead. Police originally said it was not connected to the attack in Las Ramblas
But on Friday morning, it emerged that the dead man – the owner of the car – was not in the driver’s seat and had in fact been stabbed to death.
Police are now working on the theory that he could have been taken hostage by someone linked to the Barcelona attack – perhaps even the van driver.
Other arrests
Police announced the arrest of two suspects, identified as a Spaniard and a Moroccan, but said the driver was still on the run.
Message from Spain’s Prime Minister
“We’re united in grief,” Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said in a televised address after rushing to Barcelona, the biggest city in Catalonia, a region in Spain’s northeast whose separatist government is defying Madrid with a drive for independence.
“Above all we’re united in the firm intention to defeat those who want to take our values and way of life from us.”
Victims
There were at least 24 nationalities among the Barcelona victims who came from countries as varied as France, Venezuela, Australia, Ireland, Peru, Algeria and China, according to Spain’s civil protection agency.
Belgium said one of its citizens had died in the Las Ramblas assault, while The Hague said three Dutch were injured and a Greek diplomat reported three nationals had been wounded — a woman and her two children.
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