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| Barcelona's Sagrada Família evacuated in false-alarm bomb scare | Barcelona's Sagrada Família evacuated in false-alarm bomb scare |
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| Catalan police temporarily evacuated Barcelona’s Sagrada Família church and nearby businesses on Tuesday after a van parked nearby prompted a bomb scare. | Catalan police temporarily evacuated Barcelona’s Sagrada Família church and nearby businesses on Tuesday after a van parked nearby prompted a bomb scare. |
| At about 8.30pm local time, the local police force, the Mossos d’Esquadra, said it was examining reports of a suspicious vehicle in the area as part of an anti-terrorist operation. | At about 8.30pm local time, the local police force, the Mossos d’Esquadra, said it was examining reports of a suspicious vehicle in the area as part of an anti-terrorist operation. |
| But the alert was soon confirmed to be a false alarm by Catalan police and the local government. No arrests were made, the police said on Twitter. | But the alert was soon confirmed to be a false alarm by Catalan police and the local government. No arrests were made, the police said on Twitter. |
| Finalizadas comprobaciones en Sagrada Família. Se trata d 1 falsa alarma / It is a false alarm. Situation has normalized in Sagrada Família | Finalizadas comprobaciones en Sagrada Família. Se trata d 1 falsa alarma / It is a false alarm. Situation has normalized in Sagrada Família |
| The incident comes less than a month after 16 people were murdered in terrorist attacks in Barcelona and the coastal town of Cambrils. | The incident comes less than a month after 16 people were murdered in terrorist attacks in Barcelona and the coastal town of Cambrils. |
| The terror cell that inflicted the carnage was planning much larger attack, including the bombing of the Sagrada Família, a suspect told a court after his arrest. | The terror cell that inflicted the carnage was planning much larger attack, including the bombing of the Sagrada Família, a suspect told a court after his arrest. |
| Mohamed Houli Chemlal made the admission after being brought before a judge in Madrid, Spanish media reported, quoting court officials. | Mohamed Houli Chemlal made the admission after being brought before a judge in Madrid, Spanish media reported, quoting court officials. |
| Houli, 21, confirmed that the group had been planning large-scale bomb attacks before an explosion ripped through a house in Alcanar where a number of them had been staying, killing two of the plotters. | Houli, 21, confirmed that the group had been planning large-scale bomb attacks before an explosion ripped through a house in Alcanar where a number of them had been staying, killing two of the plotters. |
| One of the proposed targets was the Sagrada Família, the half-finished church designed by the Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí that is one of Barcelona’s best loved buildings. | One of the proposed targets was the Sagrada Família, the half-finished church designed by the Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí that is one of Barcelona’s best loved buildings. |
| Spain has kept its anti-terrorism security warning one level below the maximum since mid-2015. | Spain has kept its anti-terrorism security warning one level below the maximum since mid-2015. |
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