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Barcelona attack: Spanish police foil second terror attempt Barcelona attack: Spanish police foil second terror attempt
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Catalan police said they had killed five people to foil a second attempted attack, hours after a van ploughed into people in Barcelona, killing 13.  Catalan police say they have shot dead five people to foil a second vehicle attack hours after a van ploughed into people in Barcelona, killing 13. 
The force said that the shootings were linked to an imminent terror attack in Cambrils, a small port town around 70 miles south of Barcelona. Six civilians and a police officer were injured - two seriously - when the attackers ran them over in a car before police shot them dead. The attackers were immediately fired upon by armed officers after they drove their car into a crowd, injuring six civilians - two seriously - and a police officer.
Police said they believed the five may have been wearing explosive belts.  The police force for Spain's Catalonia region said the five suspects shot and killed in the resort town were carrying bomb belts, which have been detonated by the force's bomb squad. 
The force previously said it was working on the theory that the Cambrils suspects were linked to an attack late Thursday afternoon on Barcelona's Las Ramblas area and an earlier explosion in the town of Alcanar in which one person was killed. 
The regional police said they cannot say yet confirm how the civilians and police officer were injured in Cambrils, a small port town around 70 miles south of Barcelona. Local media have reported a vehicle crashed into a police car and nearby civilians and that police shot the attackers, included one brandishing a knife.
A spokeswoman for the force said that officers shot dead four alleged perpetrators, with a fifth later dying from injuries sustained during the raid. A spokeswoman for the force said that officers shot dead four alleged perpetrators, with a fifth later dying from injuries sustained during the raid. 
It added that the suspects tried to carry out a similar attack to the one in Barcelona, when a van ploughed into people on Las Ramblas, killing 13 and leaving scores more injured.  It added that the suspects tried to carry out a similar attack to the one in Barcelona, when a van ploughed into people on Las Ramblas, killing 13 and leaving scores more injured.  
The channel ran a video of Cambrils' promenade in which volleys of gunshots could be heard while sirens wailed and people's screams could be heard.  Spain's public broadcaster, RTVE, ran a video of Cambrils' promenade in which volleys of gunshots could be heard while sirens wailed and people's screams could be heard. 
Catalan president Carles Puigdemont thanked police involved in the operation in these "critical and tragic hours". Catalan president Carles Puigdemont thanked police involved in the operation in these "critical and tragic hours".