Barcelona accused tells court Islamist cell planned bigger attack
A judicial source says one of four detained suspects in the Barcelona attacks has confirmed a bigger operation was planned
Madrid — An alleged member of an Islamist group that carried out the Barcelona van attack told a Spanish court on Tuesday that the group had been planning a much bigger strike using explosives, a judicial source said. The testimony to a closed hearing at Spain’s High Court came from Mohamed Houli Chemlal, one of four detained suspects brought to Madrid to testify for the first time in court about the plot. Chemlal was arrested after being hurt in a blast at a house in Alcanar, southwest of Barcelona, a day before Thursday’s van attack on the crowded Las Ramblas boulevard in Barcelona which killed 13 people. Tuesday’s court hearing was the first in a long legal process, and it could be months or even years before the case is brought to a full trial.
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