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Spanish Police to Carry Out Several Controlled Explosions in Cambrils

© AP Photo / Oriol DuranAn injured person is carried 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
An injured person is carried 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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Catalan police warned they were going to carry out several controlled explosions in the coastal town of Cambrils.

The police have killed four terrorists and injured a fifth during an attempted van ramming attack in Cambrils, a Catalan town about 60 miles from Barcelona.

According to the police, one terrorist may still be at large, and that the attackers may have been wearing suicide belts. Catalan civil protection authorities have said that six civilians and one police officer were wounded during the operation.

A police officer stands by a cordoned off street after a van crashed into pedestrians near the Las Ramblas avenue in central Barcelona, Spain, August 17, 2017 - Sputnik International
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Spanish outlet Cadena Ser has reported that the Cambrils attackers also attempted a van ramming attack in the town square, but the van overturned and the occupants were shot by police.

The incident comes just hours after Thursday's van ramming attack in Barcelona's city square that left 13 dead.

According to the Catalan police, the situation in Cambrils is now under control.

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