{"id":41296,"date":"2017-08-18T05:46:40","date_gmt":"2017-08-18T05:46:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=41296"},"modified":"2017-08-18T05:46:40","modified_gmt":"2017-08-18T05:46:40","slug":"police-shoot-dead-5-suspects-in-12-hours-of-terror","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/police-shoot-dead-5-suspects-in-12-hours-of-terror.html","title":{"rendered":"Police shoot dead 5 suspects in 12 hours of terror"},"content":{"rendered":"

Police shoot dead 5 suspects in 12 hours of terror<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Police shoot dead 5 suspects in 12 hours of terror:- A second terror attack has occurred in Spain’s northeastern Catalan region, hours after a van drove into a large group of pedestrians in a crowded Barcelona street, killing 13 and injuring over 100.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the early hours of Friday morning, five armed attackers were shot dead while attempting to enter a tourist area in the small coastal town of Cambrils, 120 kilometers (75 miles) south of Barcelona, police said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Officials have so far provided little information concerning the Cambrils attack, other than confirming that six bystanders were injured along with one police officer.<\/span><\/p>\n

Reports the attackers may have been armed with suicide belts remains unverified, though police say a specialist bomb disposal team was deployed.<\/span><\/p>\n

In a press conference Thursday, Spain’s Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy labeled the Barcelona attack as “jihadi terrorism.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Here are the latest developments:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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  • — Catalan police said on Twitter they are currently treating the Cambrils and Barcelona attacks as related.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • — Police are on the scene in Cambrils after they shot five terrorists dead. A number of controlled explosions were carried out.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • — A Belgian is among the 13 dead, while the 100 or more injured include Australians and a Hong Kong citizen.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • — King Felipe, the Spanish head of state, will lead a moment of silence at 6 a.m. on Friday morning at Plaza Catluna in Barcelona.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • — Shows of support continue to pour in from around the world, including US President Donald Trump and German leader Angela Merkel.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    ‘Scene of carnage’<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

    The first attack began at about 5 p.m. on Thursday afternoon, in one of Barcelona’s most popular tourists districts.<\/span><\/p>\n

    A white van with blue markings drove into a packed crowd of locals and visitors enjoying an afternoon along Las Ramblas, a predominantly pedestrian area full of cafes, bars and street performers.<\/span><\/p>\n

    “I saw people flying into the air and everyone was running into the shops on either side,” witness Ali Shirzainia told CNN. He saw the van drive past him.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Shirzainia said the driver appeared to be driving “in a zig-zag motion” as fast as he could, trying to hit as many people as possible. “It was just a really, really horrific scene of immediate carnage,” he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

    More than a dozen people were killed, with the death toll expected to rise, while about 100 others were injured. The driver escaped and is still on the run.<\/span><\/p>\n

    A large number of tourists were caught up in the Barcelona attack — among the dead and injured are confirmed to be citizens of Belgium, Australia and Hong Kong.<\/span><\/p>\n

    ISIS’ media wing, Amaq, has said the Barcelona attackers were “soldiers of the Islamic State,” but stopped short of explicitly claiming responsibility for the attacks or providing evidence for their claims.<\/span><\/p>\n

    There were reports at the time of a hostage standoff at a Barcelona cafe but police later confirmed they were false. Separately, police shot dead the driver of a car who ran into and lightly injured two police officers at a checkpoint in Barcelona Thursday.<\/span><\/p>\n

    The night before the Barcelona attack, one person was killed following an explosion in a house in Alcanar, a town to the south of Barcelona and Cambrils. Police said the victim was a Spanish national and the incident was connected to the Barcelona van attack. One person was later arrested.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Pocket of radicalization<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

    It is Spain’s deadliest terror attack in 13 years — in 2004, a suspected Al Qaeda terrorist cell blew up Madrid commuter trains killing 192 people and injuring thousands.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Europe has been the target of a spate of deadly terrorist attacks in recent years, but so far Spain had been left untouched.<\/span><\/p>\n

    But Fernando Reinares, director of the Global Terrorism Programme at the Elcano Royal Institute, told CNN Barcelona had long been a “prime scenario” for jihadi activities in Spain.<\/span><\/p>\n

    “It is the major radicalization pocket in the country. Barcelona is a big port city, close to France (and) has a long history of jihadis. The first jihadi ever in this country was arrested in Barcelona in 1995,” Reinares said.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Since then, a quarter of all individuals arrested in Spain for jihadist terrorism have been residents of Barcelona, according to Reinares.<\/span><\/p>\n

    The Barcelona attack was the sixth time in 13 months a vehicle has been used by Islamist terrorist to cause mass casualties in a European country, including major incidents in France, Germany, the UK and Sweden.<\/span><\/p>\n

    World leaders ‘stand united’<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

    The leaders of other European cities recently targeted by terrorists sent their sympathies to Spain. London major Sadiq Khan described the Barcelona attack as “barbaric.”<\/span><\/p>\n

    “London stands with Barcelona against the evil of terrorism,” he said on Twitter.<\/span><\/p>\n

    German Chancellor Angela Merkel called the attack in Barcelona “revolting,” her spokesman tweeted. “We are mourning the victims of this disgusting attack in Barcelona — in solidarity and friendship side by side with the Spanish.”<\/span><\/p>\n

    US President Donald Trump tweeted a swift denunciation of the Spain attacks: “The United States condemns the terror attack in Barcelona, Spain, and will do whatever it is necessary to help. Be tough & strong, we love you!”<\/span><\/p>\n

    Source:-\u00a0http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2017\/08\/18\/asia\/barcelona-cambrils-terror-attacks\/index.html<\/span><\/p>\n

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