Death toll rises in double-attack in Spain
The country is reeling after two attacks in which drivers ploughed their vehicles into pedestrians in the Barcelona and Cambrils
Barcelona — The death toll in a double attack in Spain rose to 14, emergency services said on Friday, as the country reeled from the two vehicle rampages that saw drivers plough into pedestrians in Barcelona and Cambrils, another seaside town. The emergency services said a woman injured in the Cambrils attack had died, bringing the total to 14 in both attacks. A man drove a van into crowds in Barcelona, killing 13 people before fleeing. Six civilians and a police officer were injured in the second incident in Cambrils. On Friday, Catalan emergency services said a woman injured in the attack had died of her injuries. Police in the Catalonia region confirmed on Friday that four people had been arrested over the attacks. The terrorist suspects in Cambrils wore phony explosive belts and ran over pedestrians in an Audi car until they were shot by police, Catalan interior counselor Joaquim Forn said in a radio interview. Islamic State claimed responsibility for the deadly rampage along Ba...
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