- 14 people have been killed and more than 100 injured after a van ploughed into pedestrians on Las Ramblas in a suspected jihadist attack
- Five suspected terrorists were shot dead by police in Cambrils, a coastal resort near to Barcelona, after a second vehicle attack was foiled
- It is believed the incident in Cambrils – in which six pedestrians and a police officer were injured – is linked to the earlier attack
- Isis has claimed responsibility for the Barcelona atrocity. Spain’s PM has referred to it as a ‘jihadist attack’
- Four people have been arrested in connection with the attack on Las Ramblas. A major manhunt is underway for the driver of the vehicle
- Theresa May said: ‘I am sickened by the senseless loss of life in Barcelona’
Barcelona is the latest city to fall victim to a jihadist terrorist attack, as police foiled a second vehicle attack in a nearby coastal town overnight.
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