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SPANISH POLICE killed five suspected ‘terrorists’ overnight in Cambrils about 120km from Barcelona, in a second ram raid on pedestrians using an Audi A3
Police , overnight shot five terrorists dead in an Audi A3 some reportedly wearing suicide vests, in Cambrils South Spain. The terrorists are said to have knocked down several victims before crashing into a police car and a shoot out with police then occured, killing the five terrorists.Seven people including a police officer were injured on Spain’s most famous Boulevard which left the Audi A3 was left overturned. The Spanish Prime minister has said that what happened in Barcelona was a Jihadist plot. IS are reportedly behind the attack.
One of the suspects is alleged to have stepped out carrying knife in what has now become a style of terror in Europe, where a vehicle is driven at unsuspecting civilians and occupants of the vehicle step out and cause further mayhem and injuries with weapons such as knives or explosives. Such attacks are next to impossible to prevent as vehicles are easy for anyone to access and soft targets in busy places will always be available.
It is evident that the police now need to step up their game in terms of information and monitoring suspects and terror networks and authorities need to design or put in place more secure measures of preventing vehicle movement through such areas, for example using barriers. It is at the very least not pretty to view but a necessary step in keeping the public safe but unfortunately this is what comes out of terror, a change of way of life for the people as they lose control of what happens around them or their freedom. Security authorities need to all work together to tackle this growing threat of attacks that need no training, direction or coordination.
This shoot out reportedly stopped a second ram raid attack in Spain just a few hours after a terrorist van mowed down people and killed 13 people, hospitalising over 100 people in Las Ramblas Barcelona about 100 km away at 01:00 am. The five are reportedly linked to the deadly van attack in Las Ramblas Barcelona. The driver is still missing after fleeing the Las Ramblas attack.
The police say the two people in custody so far are not the driver and the manhunt is still on for the Las Ramblas van attacker who fled on foot.
The police are looking at a wider terror cell which hadn’t been under police radar linking the three events in Spain since Wednesday. Originally on Wednesday there was a house explosion in Barcelona and police believe this was preparation of explosives for use in the raids. The CIA warned Spain three months before that an attack was imminent in Las Ramblas….more news to follow. By Sibusiso Ngwenya.
photo-Barcelona Las Ramblas Telegraph