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| Spain attacks: Isis claims responsibility for Cambrils car rampage after Barcelona atrocity | Spain attacks: Isis claims responsibility for Cambrils car rampage after Barcelona atrocity |
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| Isis has claimed responsibility for the terrorist attack in Cambrils, Spain, in an official communique. | Isis has claimed responsibility for the terrorist attack in Cambrils, Spain, in an official communique. |
| It had already claimed the prior attack in Barcelona but put out an official statement later encompassing both atrocities, which police in Spain had been treating as linked. | It had already claimed the prior attack in Barcelona but put out an official statement later encompassing both atrocities, which police in Spain had been treating as linked. |
| It came as Spanish authorities announced they believed the cell behind the twin attacks in Cambrils and La Rambla, Barcelona, had been "dismantled". | It came as Spanish authorities announced they believed the cell behind the twin attacks in Cambrils and La Rambla, Barcelona, had been "dismantled". |
| Police had been investigating a cell of between eight and 12 people after a van smashed into pedestrians in the Catalan city on Thursday afternoon, killing 13 and injuring about 100. | Police had been investigating a cell of between eight and 12 people after a van smashed into pedestrians in the Catalan city on Thursday afternoon, killing 13 and injuring about 100. |
| The driver fled the scene and later, in the early hours of Friday, a car ploughed into a crowd along the seafront road in Cambrils, about 60 miles away. Five terrorist suspects were shot dead—four by the same police officer. | The driver fled the scene and later, in the early hours of Friday, a car ploughed into a crowd along the seafront road in Cambrils, about 60 miles away. Five terrorist suspects were shot dead—four by the same police officer. |
| One woman later died of her injuries, and several other people were injured. | One woman later died of her injuries, and several other people were injured. |
| Police believe the cell was planning an even more horrific attack, involving a lorry and explosive gas canisters, after a house explosion in Alcanar on Wednesday uncovered a stash of the containers. | Police believe the cell was planning an even more horrific attack, involving a lorry and explosive gas canisters, after a house explosion in Alcanar on Wednesday uncovered a stash of the containers. |
| The driver of the van used to kill more than a dozen people in La Rambla is thought still to be on the run. A 22-year-old Moroccan, Younes Abouyaaqoub, is the focus of a new manhunt. | The driver of the van used to kill more than a dozen people in La Rambla is thought still to be on the run. A 22-year-old Moroccan, Younes Abouyaaqoub, is the focus of a new manhunt. |
| The previous top suspect, 17-year-old Moussa Oukabir, was one of those killed in Cambrils. | The previous top suspect, 17-year-old Moussa Oukabir, was one of those killed in Cambrils. |
| Spain's interior minister, Juan Ignacio Zoido, said the country would maintain its security alert level at four, one notch below the maximum level which would signal an attack was imminent. | Spain's interior minister, Juan Ignacio Zoido, said the country would maintain its security alert level at four, one notch below the maximum level which would signal an attack was imminent. |
| Mr Zoido added that the government would reinforce security in crowded areas and tourist hotspots. | Mr Zoido added that the government would reinforce security in crowded areas and tourist hotspots. |
| "We are going to redirect our efforts and will adapt these to every place or area that needs special protection," he told a news conference on Saturday. | "We are going to redirect our efforts and will adapt these to every place or area that needs special protection," he told a news conference on Saturday. |
| Mr Zoido also said Spanish authorities considered the cell behind the attacks had been fully dismantled. | Mr Zoido also said Spanish authorities considered the cell behind the attacks had been fully dismantled. |
| Additional reporting by agencies | Additional reporting by agencies |
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