Barcelona terror attack kills 13; Catalan police foil second attack in Cambrils

A terrorist attack claimed the lives 13 people in Barcelona after a van speed through the busy central street of Las Ramblas on Thursday thoroughfare, with a second attack in the seaside town of Cambrils ending with death of five assailants.

The terrorists killed in Cambrils were reportedly wearing what appeared to be belts laden with explosives but officials later said the devices were fake.

Before the regional police in Cambrils was able to intervene six people were injured, two seriously, after the terrorists ran over an undetermined number of civilians.

One suspected terrorist was detained in Cambrils and another in Ripoll, in northeastern Catalonia, according to the latest reports.

Regional police believe that an explosion at a home in the town of Alcanar, Tarragona on Wednesday night was related to the Barcelona killings the next day.

That explosion killed one person and left another seven injured, but it was initially believed it had been due to a gas leak at the house.