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Catalan Police Detain 4th Person Linked to Barcelona, Cambrils Attacks

© AP Photo / Oriol DuranInjured people are treated in Barcelona, Spain, Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017 after a white van jumped the sidewalk in the historic Las Ramblas district, crashing into a summer crowd of residents and tourists and injuring several people, police said.
Injured people are treated in Barcelona, Spain, Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017 after a white van jumped the sidewalk in the historic Las Ramblas district, crashing into a summer crowd of residents and tourists and injuring several people, police said. - Sputnik International
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A fourth person was detained in relation to the attacks in Spain’s Barcelona and Cambrils, the Catalan police said Friday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The Mossos d'Esquadra, Catalonia’s police force reported about the detainment on its Twitter account.

"A fourth person was detained in relation to the events of the past hours in Cambrils and Barcelona," the tweet reads.

The terrorist attacks in two Catalan cities of Barcelona and Cambrils left at least 14 people dead, Catalan emergencies service reports citing the Health Ministry.

Police officers stand near an overturned car onto a platform at the spot where terrorists were intercepted by police in Cambrils, Spain, Friday, Aug. 18, 2017 - Sputnik International
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As many as 130 people were injured in the Barcelona ramming attack, with 16 of them remaining in critical condition.

The ramming took place on Thursday afternoon, when a van mowed down a crowd of pedestrians in the central Ramblas area in Spain’s tourist resort of Barcelona. The infamous terrorist group Daesh has already claimed responsibility for the attack. Hours after the tragedy, another vehicle attack took place in the coastal town of Cambrils, south of Barcelona.

 

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