BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Catalan police say they are carrying out controlled explosions in the town where an extremist cell plotted the attacks in Barcelona and a seaside resort.
In a tweet Saturday, police urged residents of Alcanar not to be alarmed by the detonations in the town, where they believe the extremists rented a house used to prepare their attacks.
The house was destroyed by an apparently accidental explosion on Wednesday. Police believe the blast actually prevented a far more deadlier attack using explosives, forcing the extremists to use more “rudimentary” vehicles instead.
More than 20 butane gas canisters found intact in the wreckage, these were intended for #Barcelona terror attack https://t.co/NIA1roCRfB pic.twitter.com/esDDWaijqE
— Nick Short (@PoliticalShort) August 18, 2017
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