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:00:00. > :00:11.Spanish police foil second terror attack after 13 people were killed

:00:12. > :00:13.in Barcelona yesterday - five men are shot dead in Cambrils,

:00:14. > :00:31.That is after a car was driven into pedestrians, injuring seven,

:00:32. > :00:34.including a police officer. People from 24 countries were caught

:00:35. > :00:37.up in the attack on Las Ramblas 80 people are injured,

:00:38. > :00:44.some seriously, after a van ploughed through pedestrians on the famous

:00:45. > :00:46.tourist landmark in People caught up the attack have

:00:47. > :00:59.been describing fleeing for their lives into shops and bars

:01:00. > :01:02.as the driver of the van We will be talking to eyewitnesses

:01:03. > :01:07.caught up in both incidents and bringing you all

:01:08. > :01:39.the latest developments. Welcome to BBC News, we are right in

:01:40. > :01:43.the heart of Barcelona is placid Catalonia, Catalonia Square, just at

:01:44. > :01:48.the end of Las Ramblas. This is where the van driver began his

:01:49. > :01:51.attack, he drove down Las Ramblas, swerving and weaving left and right

:01:52. > :01:57.and leaving 13 people dead and dozens injured from more than 20

:01:58. > :02:01.different countries. Three people, according to Spanish police, have

:02:02. > :02:05.been arrested in connection with the attack. It seems that a fully

:02:06. > :02:10.fledged terror network has been operating here in Catalonia, in the

:02:11. > :02:14.early hours of this morning in the town of Cambrils, about 100

:02:15. > :02:18.kilometres south-west of here, there was another incident in which a car

:02:19. > :02:23.was driven at pedestrians, seven people injured, including a police

:02:24. > :02:28.officer. This time the vehicle overturned, police opened fire very

:02:29. > :02:36.quickly and shot dead five suspected terrorists. They were reportedly

:02:37. > :02:40.wearing explosive belts, there was then a series of controlled

:02:41. > :02:42.explosions. Let's get this report from Sarah Corker.

:02:43. > :02:45.In the early hours of Friday morning, a dramatic shoot out

:02:46. > :02:58.The authorities say five suspected terrorists were shot dead by police.

:02:59. > :03:00.Officers opened fire after the attackers drove

:03:01. > :03:07.The next thing, police were right there, it was really quick.

:03:08. > :03:11.Then they started shouting at the guy and the next thing,

:03:12. > :03:19.The incident in Cambrils is being linked to the deadly van

:03:20. > :03:26.attack in the centre of Barcelona, less than 100 miles away.

:03:27. > :03:31.Hundreds of holiday-makers, locals, shoppers ran for their lives.

:03:32. > :03:34.This white van was used as a weapon to kill.

:03:35. > :03:36.For half a kilometre, the vehicle ploughed

:03:37. > :03:41.into pedestrians on Spain's most famous boulevard.

:03:42. > :03:46.I saw a white van with the side door open.

:03:47. > :03:51.Whether it was police or from the van, I don't know,

:03:52. > :03:58.We ran into the Burger King to get shelter.

:03:59. > :04:00.Police released this photo of Driss Oukabir, born in Morroco,

:04:01. > :04:03.whose documents were used to rent the van, but latest reports

:04:04. > :04:10.suggest he told police his passport was stolen.

:04:11. > :04:14.The so-called Islamic State group said it was behind the attack.

:04:15. > :04:16.TRANSLATION: I want to express the solidarity of the whole

:04:17. > :04:18.of Spain with Barcelona, today hit by jihadist terrorism,

:04:19. > :04:26.like other cities around the world before it.

:04:27. > :04:28.The authorities are now linking the attacks in Barcelona

:04:29. > :04:43.and Cambrils with an explosion on Wednesday in the town of Alcanar.

:04:44. > :04:46.Police believe suspects at the house were preparing explosives.

:04:47. > :04:48.And, as people anxiously wait for news of loved ones,

:04:49. > :04:51.the authorities have warned the number of dead may rise.

:04:52. > :05:05.Life is beginning to return to normal at Las Ramblas, market stall

:05:06. > :05:09.holder is going back to work, pedestrians wandering up and down.

:05:10. > :05:13.You can seek police tape on the pavement where the van had

:05:14. > :05:18.pedestrians, otherwise no sign of the horror that unfolded yesterday.

:05:19. > :05:23.Let's focus for a moment on what has happened Cambrils, around 100

:05:24. > :05:28.kilometres away, a popular seaside town where a car believed to be an

:05:29. > :05:33.Audi was driven into pedestrians. Five men shot dead by police,

:05:34. > :06:23.suspected terrorists. This is what eyewitnesses told us.

:06:24. > :06:32.The Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has said that what happened in

:06:33. > :06:37.Barcelona was a jihadist attack, and it has been claimed by so-called

:06:38. > :06:43.Islamic State. They say their so-called soldiers were responsible

:06:44. > :06:49.for the attack. No evidence or proof of that. Mariano Rajoy says it is a

:06:50. > :06:53.jihadist attack. At midday local time, people will gather for a

:06:54. > :06:58.minute's silence to pay their respects to the dead and injured,

:06:59. > :07:01.that will be particularly in Catalonia Square at the end of Las

:07:02. > :07:06.Ramblas, and there are three days of national mourning across Spain as to

:07:07. > :07:11.what has happened in Barcelona. Back to you in the studio.

:07:12. > :07:13.We will be back with Ben with more from Blair, but now the rest of the

:07:14. > :07:15.day's news. It's emerged that the Defence

:07:16. > :07:17.Secretary Sir Michael Fallon has personally apologised to the mother

:07:18. > :07:19.of a soldier killed in a lightly-armoured

:07:20. > :07:21.Snatch Land Rover in Iraq. The BBC has sent a letter

:07:22. > :07:24.to Sue Smith, whose son Private Phillip Hewett died

:07:25. > :07:28.in a bombing in 2005. -- the BBC has seen the letter sent

:07:29. > :07:31.to Sue Smith. Sue Smith's son, Private Philip

:07:32. > :07:36.Hewett, was killed by an improvised explosive device while travelling

:07:37. > :07:39.in a lightly armoured Snatch Land Sue hoped an inquest due to last

:07:40. > :07:48.five days would provide answers about the Snatch,

:07:49. > :07:50.and how Philip died, She found the inability to get

:07:51. > :07:54.answers from the Ministry Sometimes I felt like they just

:07:55. > :07:59.wanted me to either go away or die. In 2013, Sue and two other

:08:00. > :08:08.families of soldiers killed in Snatch Land Rovers won a landmark

:08:09. > :08:11.ruling at the Supreme Court, enabling them to sue the MoD

:08:12. > :08:16.because the Human Rights Act was deemed to apply to soldiers

:08:17. > :08:19.on the battlefield. It was the publication here in July

:08:20. > :08:22.last year of the report into the enquiry into the Iraq war

:08:23. > :08:25.by Sir John Chilcot that It gave a damning assessment of how

:08:26. > :08:31.for years the Ministry of Defence failed to replace the inadequate

:08:32. > :08:33.and lightly armoured Almost a year after the Chilcot

:08:34. > :08:42.report, Sue's case along with those of two other bereaved

:08:43. > :08:44.families' was settled. She received a letter of apology

:08:45. > :08:46.from the Defence Secretary, It means that he didn't die

:08:47. > :09:09.for nothing, at the end of it all. Sue's 12 year legal battle

:09:10. > :09:19.with the army that sent her son to Iraq is finally over,

:09:20. > :09:22.but her grief will endure. The UK has pledged ?5 million

:09:23. > :09:32.to help the victims of the mudslide in the west African state of Sierra

:09:33. > :09:34.Leone. 400 people are known to have died

:09:35. > :09:37.and 600 are still missing after torrential rain caused

:09:38. > :09:39.the side of a mountain to collapse, engulfing a suburb

:09:40. > :09:42.of the capital Freetown. The International Development

:09:43. > :09:44.Secretary Priti Patel said the money would be used to provide food,

:09:45. > :09:53.water, shelter and clothing. Portugal has declared a state

:09:54. > :09:56.of emergency so it can access funds to combat fires that are devastating

:09:57. > :09:58.some of the country's forests. Thousands of firefighters have been

:09:59. > :10:01.tackling huge blazes in recent days and residents of several villages

:10:02. > :10:03.have been evacuated The US Navy says around a dozen

:10:04. > :10:09.of its sailors will be disciplined after seven crew members were killed

:10:10. > :10:12.in a collision between one of its Three senior officers will be

:10:13. > :10:18.removed from duty on the USS Fitzgerald because the navy said it

:10:19. > :10:21.had lost trust and confidence Investigations into the cause

:10:22. > :10:26.of the crash, which took place Food manufacturers will be

:10:27. > :10:32.told to reduce calories in products including pizzas,

:10:33. > :10:35.burgers and ready meals as part of the campaign to tackle

:10:36. > :10:39.childhood obesity in England. Last year, the Government

:10:40. > :10:40.asked companies to cut But charities and health campaigners

:10:41. > :10:46.say ministers must try harder The new plans could see the size

:10:47. > :11:04.of products reduced all ingredients Trading has resumed at one of

:11:05. > :11:08.Scotland's most important wholesale markets less than 24 hours after a

:11:09. > :11:12.devastating fire. More than 70 firefighters tackled the flames at

:11:13. > :11:16.the Blochairn market in the East End of Glasgow, which provides fresh

:11:17. > :11:19.fruit and vegetables for most of the country. The market employs 400

:11:20. > :11:23.full-time workers. No one was injured.

:11:24. > :11:29.That's the news, now the sport. England's batsmen were perfectly

:11:30. > :11:33.comfortable with the pink ball as they took control on the opening day

:11:34. > :11:37.of their first day/ night test against the West Indies at

:11:38. > :11:44.Edgbaston. The new skipper had another good day, Joe Root making

:11:45. > :11:49.136 as his side dominated, closing on 348-3. Open Alastair Cook batted

:11:50. > :11:53.through the entire day and night, earning his 31st test century and

:11:54. > :12:05.his first since stepping down as captain. He will resume on 153 later

:12:06. > :12:10.this afternoon. He is a fine player, he has shown his class today. He

:12:11. > :12:13.does not sweat, he makes it look easy, it can be frustrating when you

:12:14. > :12:15.on your third or fourth pair of gloves and he is on the one he has

:12:16. > :12:19.been wearing three sessions! The England head coach Mark Sampson

:12:20. > :12:21.says he'll be looking to improve his general communication

:12:22. > :12:23.style after being cleared of making racial remarks

:12:24. > :12:25.towards one of his players. You may remember yesterday

:12:26. > :12:28.the Football Association had come under pressure regarding the payment

:12:29. > :12:30.of an ?80,000 settlement paid It came after she had a bullying

:12:31. > :12:33.and harassment claim against England dismissed

:12:34. > :12:35.by an independent investigation. Well, the FA put out another

:12:36. > :12:38.statement on the issue yesterday. But Sampson did go on to say

:12:39. > :13:04.he would be working on his It's been a good week for British

:13:05. > :13:08.teams looking to qualify A perfect sweep of first leg wins,

:13:09. > :13:12.this time for Everton in their Europa League play-off,

:13:13. > :13:14.who beat Hadjuk Split But the match was marred by crowd

:13:15. > :13:19.trouble after the travelling fans surged towards the pitch and threw

:13:20. > :13:21.objects as play was stopped That came shortly after

:13:22. > :13:25.Michael Keane's opener. Idrissa Gueye added a second

:13:26. > :13:29.after the delay, but Uefa will now have to examine the crowd trouble

:13:30. > :13:31.before the reverse leg England will play France on Tuesday

:13:32. > :13:39.for a place in the final of the Women's Rugby World Cup,

:13:40. > :13:42.after beating the United States in The defending champions ran

:13:43. > :13:49.in seven tries to make it three wins out of three,

:13:50. > :13:52.and to finish top of their group. Before France knocked

:13:53. > :13:55.out the hosts Ireland to confirm their place

:13:56. > :13:57.in the last four. Wales beat Hong Kong

:13:58. > :13:59.but, were already out And finally just ten

:14:00. > :14:03.days away from the start of this year's US Open,

:14:04. > :14:06.Johanna Konta is once again The British Number One beat

:14:07. > :14:09.Slovakian Dominika Sibulkova 6-3 6-4 in typically powerful style to reach

:14:10. > :14:11.the Cincinnati Open quarterfinals. Konta is into the last eight

:14:12. > :14:15.at the event for the first time and moves on to a rematch

:14:16. > :14:35.of her Wimbledon quarterfinal That is all this board for now,

:14:36. > :14:43.there will be more later. Thank you, see you later. -- all the

:14:44. > :14:46.sport for now. Let me bring you the latest on the investigation of the

:14:47. > :14:50.Spanish attacks, Spanish police say they believe there may have been

:14:51. > :14:54.eight people in a cell which carried out the attack and that the group

:14:55. > :14:57.planned to use butane gas canisters, that is Reuters quoting a judicial

:14:58. > :15:01.source with knowledge of the investigation. There was an incident

:15:02. > :15:07.on Wednesday at a place around 100 miles or so from Barcelona where it

:15:08. > :15:10.has exploded, a huge explosion, the house completely destroyed. Police

:15:11. > :15:15.investigating that found canisters inside the home and they believe

:15:16. > :15:20.there was perhaps an intention to build a bomb back, but we now hear

:15:21. > :15:25.that the Spanish authorities believe that butane gas canisters were

:15:26. > :15:30.planned to have some involvement in the attack in Barcelona on Thursday

:15:31. > :15:34.after that initial explosion on Wednesday. There is also the

:15:35. > :15:38.separate investigation into what happened in Cambrils, seven injured

:15:39. > :15:42.after a car drove into them and five men were shot dead wearing fake

:15:43. > :15:47.suicide belts. The authorities investigating these three separate

:15:48. > :15:51.but linked incidents. In the studio we will be speaking to a security

:15:52. > :15:53.expert later about the investigation and the threat. Now the latest from

:15:54. > :15:55.Barcelona with Ben. about the investigation and the

:15:56. > :15:56.threat. Right now, all of the very latest from Barcelona, with Ben

:15:57. > :16:05.Brown. The authorities here now say a

:16:06. > :16:09.terrorist cell of eight people look to have been behind the attack at

:16:10. > :16:13.Las Ramblas, just down there, behind me, in which 13 people were killed

:16:14. > :16:18.when that white van was driven at high speed for about half a

:16:19. > :16:21.kilometre, half the length of Las Ramblas, injuring dozens of people,

:16:22. > :16:26.some of them seriously ill in hospital right now full. The other

:16:27. > :16:29.main development overnight was another vehicle being driven into

:16:30. > :16:35.pedestrians, this time in the town of Cambrils, seaside town, 100

:16:36. > :16:42.kilometres away. Five suspected terrorists were then shot dead after

:16:43. > :16:46.that car overturned, by police, an eyewitness, Fitzroy Davis, filmed

:16:47. > :16:51.some of that shooting, I should say, viewers may find some of this video

:16:52. > :16:56.that was filmed therein Cambrils distressing and is disturbing, we

:16:57. > :17:01.are going to show you an excerpt of it right now.

:17:02. > :17:14.SHOUTING .

:17:15. > :17:41.That video filmed by Fitzroy Davis of Wolverhampton, matted footage, we

:17:42. > :17:45.hope to speak with him in just a few minutes on BBC News. Let's talk more

:17:46. > :17:49.about what happened here in the centre of Barcelona, Las Ramblas

:17:50. > :17:53.behind me, one of the most popular tourist destination is not just here

:17:54. > :17:57.in Barcelona but in all of Europe, people come from all over the

:17:58. > :18:01.continent, all over the world, to walk up and down this famous Las

:18:02. > :18:05.Ramblas, this van was driven at high speed for half a kilometre,

:18:06. > :18:10.ploughing into pedestrians. Richard Gregg is from Dartford, Kent, you

:18:11. > :18:15.witnessed some of the aftermath, tell us what you saw. We were

:18:16. > :18:19.walking back onto Las Ramblas, immediately after the van had hit,

:18:20. > :18:23.did not really know, it was surreal and chaotic at the time, all we

:18:24. > :18:27.heard was a couple of tourists shouting that people had been hit

:18:28. > :18:31.and there was blood everywhere. We got onto Las Ramblas and people were

:18:32. > :18:35.running everywhere, we could not get anywhere near our apartment, which

:18:36. > :18:39.is literally parallel with where the van ended up, so we made our way

:18:40. > :18:44.through the back streets, which were filled with people at that time,

:18:45. > :18:47.panicking, really, the police also were in the back streets very

:18:48. > :18:52.quickly. Las Ramblas has numerous side alley ways, all the way up and

:18:53. > :18:56.down, literally flooded with police, on foot, on motorcycles, getting us

:18:57. > :19:02.off the street and clearly looking for someone, we now know... When we

:19:03. > :19:06.got back to our street we could see where the van had ended, bodies on

:19:07. > :19:10.the floor, we made our way back to our apartment as quickly as we

:19:11. > :19:13.could, we ended up within the police called in and could not leave the

:19:14. > :19:18.building, because the market place where a lot of the armed police were

:19:19. > :19:22.was literally behind our building. We were in this sort of track

:19:23. > :19:28.position. How long were you trapped there for? Have you been able to go

:19:29. > :19:32.back? We stayed in the apartment for two or three hours, until we got the

:19:33. > :19:37.international news, nothing on the news for about 20 minutes, half an

:19:38. > :19:40.hour, we did not know the severity of what had happened apart from

:19:41. > :19:43.judging by the numbers of people running through the streets and the

:19:44. > :19:48.volume of police and helicopters overhead, so we knew it was fairly

:19:49. > :19:52.serious. We left the apartment at 9:30pm, to meet friends on the other

:19:53. > :19:58.side of Barcelona, check they were all OK, the whole city was fairly

:19:59. > :20:01.quiet, fairly subdued, normally you would expect Barcelona to be buzzing

:20:02. > :20:07.at this time of year. Obviously everyone is now very on edge. If you

:20:08. > :20:10.had been walking down Las Ramblas a fume and is earlier, you could have

:20:11. > :20:15.been caught up in the attack. We would have been where the van ended

:20:16. > :20:20.up had we been two minutes earlier, that is where we were headed. We are

:20:21. > :20:28.really grateful that we were just two minutes behind where the attack

:20:29. > :20:32.happened. You are on holiday here, are you staying, despite what

:20:33. > :20:38.happened question mark we are staying until Monday, taking it day

:20:39. > :20:42.by day, seeing how things go. It was fiercely... We were freaked out last

:20:43. > :20:46.night, and on edge, we feel a little bit calmer today, as you have

:20:47. > :20:50.mentioned, Las Ramblas is getting back to some semblance of normality,

:20:51. > :20:56.as lots of people down there, stalls opening back up, we feel fairly

:20:57. > :21:02.reassured by the volume of police, and the security service response.

:21:03. > :21:08.We are intending to stay. You are a bit shaken? A little bit shocked and

:21:09. > :21:12.on edge, has not really sunk in, the first, sort of ten minutes after the

:21:13. > :21:16.attack it was all fairly surreal, half the crowd were running and

:21:17. > :21:20.screaming away, the other half had no clue what was happening at all,

:21:21. > :21:25.just standing around, looking, wondering what is going on. So it

:21:26. > :21:29.was all a bit surreal for the first bit, and then once it became clear

:21:30. > :21:32.what was happening, that is when it starts to sink in. When we saw

:21:33. > :21:37.people on the floor being tended to by emergency services we suddenly

:21:38. > :21:42.realise the severity of the situation. We were very concerned

:21:43. > :21:45.last night, until they had arrested anyone, because we did not know

:21:46. > :21:52.where anybody was, now, we hear that the driver is probably still not

:21:53. > :21:55.apprehended. That leaves a little bit of apprehension, worried, about

:21:56. > :22:01.where we are going to go tonight, what we are going to do today, we

:22:02. > :22:05.want to stay insecure places. There has been a string of these vehicle

:22:06. > :22:09.attacks across Europe, including London, did you realise pretty

:22:10. > :22:16.quickly that that is probably what it was, when you saw everybody

:22:17. > :22:19.running? We realised, when the first tourist was shouting out that people

:22:20. > :22:23.had been hit, we thought perhaps it was just a tragic car accident, by

:22:24. > :22:26.the time we saw the volume of police and we could see that there was the

:22:27. > :22:31.van there and bodies on the floor, we guessed pretty quickly that this

:22:32. > :22:35.was some form of deliberate attack. Especially knowing Las Ramblas as

:22:36. > :22:40.well, it is a prime target for that sort of attack because you have

:22:41. > :22:44.concentrated pedestrians in a small area, literally nowhere to run. As

:22:45. > :22:48.the van was going down, those people had nowhere to go because traffic

:22:49. > :22:53.either side of you, literally a complete mess of people in the

:22:54. > :22:58.middle. Nowhere to escape. We guessed exactly what was going on.

:22:59. > :23:02.Thank you so much for talking to us about your experiences and what you

:23:03. > :23:08.saw, Richard, from Kent, thank you very much for your time. We have

:23:09. > :23:12.been talking as well about what happened in the early hours of this

:23:13. > :23:18.morning in Cambrils, about 100 kilometres away, another vehicle,

:23:19. > :23:23.this time a car, was driven into pedestrians, seven injured including

:23:24. > :23:25.a police officer, that car overturned, five suspected

:23:26. > :23:31.terrorists shot dead very quickly indeed by the police, by armed

:23:32. > :23:34.police, a British man, Fitzroy Davis from Wolverhampton filmed some of

:23:35. > :23:38.the police action there. You may find these pictures distressing, we

:23:39. > :23:44.will talk to Fitzroy in a moment, let's show you the video once more.

:23:45. > :24:25.That video footage taken by Fitzroy Davis, from Wolverhampton, can join

:24:26. > :24:29.us on the line now stop tell us where you were and what you saw, and

:24:30. > :24:42.what was going through your mind at the time. We were sitting in a bar,

:24:43. > :24:48.outfront, some girls ran in, scared, fear on their faces, and one of the

:24:49. > :24:54.guys jumped up and had a look at what is going on, and people started

:24:55. > :24:58.running past us, and whatever, and one of the guys said, run. We came

:24:59. > :25:06.out of the bar, I was standing on the street, and I got my phone out,

:25:07. > :25:11.because I saw this guy come running towards me, and I started filming.

:25:12. > :25:18.First Humvee said, call the police, within 30 seconds, the police turned

:25:19. > :25:21.up, and then, they drew their guns, there were shouting, shouting

:25:22. > :25:28.something to the guy, and then next thing I know, shots fired, he went

:25:29. > :25:34.down. And then within two seconds, stood back up, then he hopped over a

:25:35. > :25:39.fence, then he came walking to the police, smiling, laughing at them,

:25:40. > :25:49.and then they shot him again. And then he fell down. People might be

:25:50. > :25:53.amazed that you were just filming that, were you aware of what was

:25:54. > :25:59.going to unfold as she started filming? Not until the police turned

:26:00. > :26:04.up. It was only when the police turned up with guns drawn that I

:26:05. > :26:13.realised, this is serious. And then, when the first shots was fired, in

:26:14. > :26:17.one mind, people were shouting, come on, and go, but in the other mind,

:26:18. > :26:23.the adrenaline was there and I thought, I will carry on filming, so

:26:24. > :26:27.that is what I did full top tell us what you are doing daring Cambrils,

:26:28. > :26:33.one of the people you are there with was hit with a bit of shrapnel, is

:26:34. > :26:39.that right? Yes, he has gone to hospital now, having him checked

:26:40. > :26:46.out. It is like a burn on his leg. He is OK. But we made sure that he

:26:47. > :26:52.went to the hospital. We are at a judo camp, first time we have been

:26:53. > :27:04.here. It puts a bit of a dampener on it. We had a good camp, it has put a

:27:05. > :27:09.bit of a dampener on it, but hopefully, this afternoon, we can

:27:10. > :27:13.get everybody's spirits back up, get straight into the camp. The camp is

:27:14. > :27:18.still going on, a few people have gone to the camp, but a couple of my

:27:19. > :27:19.youngsters have not gone to the camp, they did not feel like they

:27:20. > :27:36.wanted to go to the camp. Horrific events, are people trying

:27:37. > :27:42.to get on with life as normal despite what happened? We are about

:27:43. > :27:47.one mile away from the actual where it was, and so I can't tell you

:27:48. > :27:53.exactly what is happening down there, but where we are is normal

:27:54. > :27:56.people, walking, going to the shop, doing the normal things, and

:27:57. > :27:58.whatever, it is the judo, quite a few people going to the judo, and a

:27:59. > :28:17.few who have not gone. Fitzroy Davies, thank you for

:28:18. > :28:22.talking to us and for sharing that video with us, extraordinary footage

:28:23. > :28:26.that was filmed by Fitzroy Davies. The early hours of the morning,

:28:27. > :28:33.local time, in Cambrils, with five suspected terrorists shot dead by

:28:34. > :28:37.armed police. Sources in Barcelona telling us they believe a terror

:28:38. > :28:42.network of eight people was involved in the attack, the van attack at Las

:28:43. > :28:46.Ramblas, yesterday afternoon, before 5pm, when the van driver at high

:28:47. > :28:50.speeds down Las Ramblas, killing 13 and injuring dozens more people,

:28:51. > :28:55.people from more than 20 countries, 20 countries were casualties of

:28:56. > :29:00.that, many of them from France, we are hearing, about 20 French people

:29:01. > :29:05.injured in that attack. There will be a minutes silence Elizabeth later

:29:06. > :29:10.on today in the heart of Barcelona as people remember and pay respects

:29:11. > :29:13.to the dead, and injured, and three days now of national mourning

:29:14. > :29:15.declared by the Spanish government. That is the latest from here,

:29:16. > :29:22.back to the studio in London. STUDIO: We will be back with more

:29:23. > :29:25.from Barcelona in a little while. Right now, we will focus on the

:29:26. > :29:30.security issues around these vehicle attacks because there has been those

:29:31. > :29:34.two attacks in Barcelona and nearby, in Cambrils, but there has been

:29:35. > :29:39.several attacks over the course of the past year, the question asked,

:29:40. > :29:43.can vehicle attacks be prevented? In just over a year, Europe has seen

:29:44. > :29:50.seven attacks were vehicles have been used as weapons.

:29:51. > :29:52.A threat, but he talked of buying guns...

:29:53. > :29:55.And this is where it ended up, in flames after...

:29:56. > :30:10.Here at Westminster Bridge, they have installed these barriers

:30:11. > :30:14.to stop vehicles running into pedestrians on the bridge.

:30:15. > :30:19.But an attacker could just pick a different crowded place.

:30:20. > :30:22.The authorities are also looking at things like more checks on people

:30:23. > :30:25.making short notice rentals of vans, but the problem is, these attacks

:30:26. > :30:33.And with so little planning required, it can be hard

:30:34. > :30:42.New shock absorbing barriers like this one shown in a test may

:30:43. > :30:46.But counterterrorism experts caution they cannot stop

:30:47. > :30:57.So could this attack have been prevented?

:30:58. > :31:00.What's the state of radicalism in Spain, and how are

:31:01. > :31:03.To give us an insight into these questions and more I'm

:31:04. > :31:05.joined by Eduardo Saldana, am expert in radicalism

:31:06. > :31:07.and security in Madrid and here in the studio

:31:08. > :31:09.by Lee Dodgeridge, a director at Covenant Security

:31:10. > :31:12.and Risk Management and a former member of the UK's National Counter

:31:13. > :31:22.-- kerb does not join us, it is Frank Gardner.

:31:23. > :31:29.The authorities believe eight people were in Bolt in a cell which carried

:31:30. > :31:34.out the attack in Barcelona, what are you hearing? It is not a little

:31:35. > :31:39.wolf, as originally thought. The line the Spanish investigators are

:31:40. > :31:42.going down is a network, they are linking all three incidents. The

:31:43. > :31:48.attack on Las Ramblas with a vehicle which mowed down and killed 13

:31:49. > :31:53.people and injured over 100, the other attack on the port 60

:31:54. > :31:56.kilometres south of their where the Tom Okker five attackers were shot

:31:57. > :32:00.and killed, and on Wednesday evening before those there was an explosion

:32:01. > :32:04.on a flat which did not seem suspicious at the time but they now

:32:05. > :32:08.think it was some form of preparation or test for explosives.

:32:09. > :32:13.They think there was a network planning to use gas explosives.

:32:14. > :32:18.Clearly this is happening right under the noses of the Spanish

:32:19. > :32:22.authorities. They had a tip-off, a warning from the CAA, almost

:32:23. > :32:26.certainly be more -- Moroccan authorities would have tipped them

:32:27. > :32:30.off as well. One of the alleged perpetrators came through from the

:32:31. > :32:33.Spanish enclave on the north African coast.

:32:34. > :32:38.In terms of the potential scale of any network they are talking about a

:32:39. > :32:42.cell of eight. What has been going on in Spain in terms of

:32:43. > :32:49.radicalisation and terror networks? Eight is quite an unusually large

:32:50. > :32:51.number. These days. Because Western intelligence agencies and the

:32:52. > :32:58.Russians and Chinese, for that matter, have got infinitely better

:32:59. > :33:04.surveillance and interception, but working against there is encryption.

:33:05. > :33:06.Generally people are tending to keep their number is small, because the

:33:07. > :33:10.more people you have on the network, the greater the risk that somebody

:33:11. > :33:13.will be caught and turned witness or that they will be intercepted and

:33:14. > :33:22.give the game away. That is quite big. Spain is a target for a number

:33:23. > :33:25.of reasons. It has got a very large Moroccan population, most of whom

:33:26. > :33:29.are completely peaceful and law-abiding, but it is a fertile

:33:30. > :33:35.pool for jihadis to hunt in because some of them have spent time in

:33:36. > :33:39.Morocco with Al-Qaeda supporters, some have gone to so-called Islamic

:33:40. > :33:43.State. That is in no way to prejudice against the peaceful

:33:44. > :33:50.majority. There was also the fact that hard-core jihadists have never

:33:51. > :33:53.given up trying to reclaim Spain and Portugal and Andalusia for the

:33:54. > :33:58.caliphate, it was ruled by over 500 years as part of the Islamic empire

:33:59. > :34:03.and they want it back. The last attack in Spain was in Madrid in

:34:04. > :34:10.2004, what has gone on since in terms of counterterrorism methods?

:34:11. > :34:12.Lots of arrests. Spain already had a very effective counterterrorism

:34:13. > :34:15.programme because they had to deal for decades with the Basque

:34:16. > :34:21.separatist group at which is now lay down its arms. They have been pretty

:34:22. > :34:27.good on counterterrorism. -- the Basque separatist group ET a. When

:34:28. > :34:35.the Madrid attacks happened in 2004, MI5 originally thought it would be

:34:36. > :34:39.ETA, because that is what the Spanish government told them. They

:34:40. > :34:43.have never eradicated all the jihadis cells and there are people

:34:44. > :34:48.coming up from North Africa and certain factors that lead to people

:34:49. > :34:52.becoming vulnerable to recruitment such as unemployment, a feeling of

:34:53. > :34:59.exclusion from Spanish society, a certain degree of Rachel prejudice

:35:00. > :35:03.showing and profiling. -- racial prejudice and profiling. There are

:35:04. > :35:08.certain areas of cities where there is a class that feels excluded from

:35:09. > :35:13.normal society. These are the people preyed upon by ices recruiters. And

:35:14. > :35:17.the authorities are working to try to find the driver of the van, who

:35:18. > :35:23.escaped from the scene? Unless he was one of the five shot in the

:35:24. > :35:28.second attack, they are not certain. It is very suspicious because

:35:29. > :35:33.everybody initially said it is this guy Driss Oukabir, he said my

:35:34. > :35:37.brother stole my ID papers, it was not me, so they are trying to

:35:38. > :35:43.investigate and pin it down at the moment. Leader Dredge, you have been

:35:44. > :35:47.looking at protecting pedestrians on the streets of London in particular

:35:48. > :35:52.with this new threat of car tax -- Lee, you have been looking. Whatever

:35:53. > :35:56.you been looking at in particular? About the latest attacks over the

:35:57. > :36:01.last two McRee years or so, how easy it is for a vehicle to be used to

:36:02. > :36:05.cause devastating injuries and fatalities like we sadly saw

:36:06. > :36:12.yesterday. We are working on a current project where the initial

:36:13. > :36:15.design for renewing the streetscape of a high-profile retailer in London

:36:16. > :36:20.was designed to prevent the mopeds style attacks we have seen almost

:36:21. > :36:24.weekly. We have now been brought in to assist and say is there any more

:36:25. > :36:30.we can do to maybe safeguard pedestrians from this form of attack

:36:31. > :36:36.as well? So we are working closely with the architects to say how can

:36:37. > :36:40.we put in long-lasting measures, redesigned the streetscape? We have

:36:41. > :36:43.seen immediate measures put in place in places like Westminster Bridge in

:36:44. > :36:47.London but they are restricted by how much weight they can put on them

:36:48. > :36:51.and the temporary measures. When we had the opportunity to look at a

:36:52. > :36:55.large retail area on an iconic street in London, we are doing a

:36:56. > :37:00.number of things with them. Even if that ultimately becomes a template

:37:01. > :37:05.for other areas it is not always possible to do it everywhere. And

:37:06. > :37:09.how quick terrorists are changing the way they operate, once one

:37:10. > :37:14.threat is effectively protected against they will look for something

:37:15. > :37:18.else? History has told us they are very adapted a change in various

:37:19. > :37:25.tactics. The first indications of a vehicle being used to attack people

:37:26. > :37:28.was promoted by Al-Qaeda in their Inspire Magazine back in 2010. We

:37:29. > :37:32.have not seen those in mainland Europe until the last couple of you

:37:33. > :37:40.is, but Hammers has used that tactic in Israel for quite some time. --

:37:41. > :37:42.but Hamas has. It is early an investigation but it would maybe

:37:43. > :37:49.indicate they were planning a different of attack, maybe explosion

:37:50. > :37:53.on Wednesday has made them change plans. It is easy to selected

:37:54. > :38:01.vehicle and carry out those sorts of attacks. Eduardo Saldana joins us

:38:02. > :38:12.from Madrid. Thank you for joining us. Hello. How much of a hobo 's

:38:13. > :38:22.Barcelona for radicalisation? -- how much of a hub is Barcelona? There is

:38:23. > :38:26.the North of Morocco, Barcelona, Madrid and another time. Barcelona

:38:27. > :38:32.is probably the second largest city in radicalisation in Spain. In these

:38:33. > :38:36.last years we have been suffering a huge amount of special forces

:38:37. > :38:45.operations, counterterrorism operations in the city. And one of

:38:46. > :38:53.the arrested individuals comes from a particular city, but we could see

:38:54. > :38:59.Dann say that Barcelona is the second-largest area for in Spain --

:39:00. > :39:02.but we could say that Barcelona is the second largest area for

:39:03. > :39:06.radicalisation in Spain. There was a warning from the CIA that Las

:39:07. > :39:10.Ramblas was potentially a target. What has been going on to try to

:39:11. > :39:23.prevent attacks? Exactly. From last year to this year there have been

:39:24. > :39:28.seven operations. We can see any increase in the operation is done by

:39:29. > :39:32.the police. However, they have not managed to focus on the

:39:33. > :39:36.radicalisation in the cities. Spain is one of the biggest countries with

:39:37. > :39:44.Muslim populations, so it difficult to focus on all those neighbourhoods

:39:45. > :39:50.on the periphery of Barcelona. What are the suspicions around how

:39:51. > :39:57.individuals are radicalised, how it may be operating? The special forces

:39:58. > :40:02.are focused on three main environments where we can find these

:40:03. > :40:09.radicalisation processes, especially in Spain. We had to bear in two

:40:10. > :40:18.factors that play a very important role in the radicalisation process.

:40:19. > :40:22.One is the links with some familiar fronts all religious chiefs that

:40:23. > :40:33.radicalised these individuals, the others are the connections with

:40:34. > :40:37.social patterns. There is the focus following the radicalisation

:40:38. > :40:41.process. On an external level, the foreign fighters crossed through

:40:42. > :40:45.Madrid and Barcelona, they usually stop in all of those hubs and are

:40:46. > :40:50.part of the process we are suffering. Finally and probably most

:40:51. > :41:06.the online radicalisation, the cyberspace. In Barcelona yesterday

:41:07. > :41:15.we saw fake explosives that they were reading. You can find

:41:16. > :41:21.information online about those areas. Frank, IS claimed

:41:22. > :41:27.responsibility within hours for the attack, saying it was carried out by

:41:28. > :41:35.Islamic State soldiers. The question is how joint is it? Was it ordered

:41:36. > :41:39.at a higher level or inspired? So-called Islamic State has offered

:41:40. > :41:43.no proof that they did this. It is perfectly possible that they did,

:41:44. > :41:51.almost certainly it is a follow-on, a long-term response to the call by

:41:52. > :41:56.someone who was their chief spokesman and foreign planning

:41:57. > :42:00.specialist who in September 2014 gave a speech calling on IS

:42:01. > :42:04.followers around the world, particularly in Europe, to basically

:42:05. > :42:09.carry out crude attacks, low impact... Sorry, low tech, high

:42:10. > :42:12.impact, rather they could. I will not list the methods, let's not give

:42:13. > :42:19.people ideas. This would fall into that category. This is why we have

:42:20. > :42:26.seen a succession of vehicle running attacks in Stockholm, Nice, London,

:42:27. > :42:30.Barcelona and Berlin. I think it is becoming quite difficult for them

:42:31. > :42:37.now in what remains of their caliphate to operationally direct

:42:38. > :42:40.attacks like this. They can inspire, they can long-distance give some

:42:41. > :42:46.guidance, perhaps even arrange for some money to be passed through

:42:47. > :42:50.their traces banking system, but it is very hard for them to

:42:51. > :42:54.operationally direct these things in the way that Al-Qaeda did, for

:42:55. > :42:59.example with 9/11 or some of the earlier attacks in the early part of

:43:00. > :43:03.the century. How difficult is it to intercept what is going on with

:43:04. > :43:07.encrypted weight of communication being used and the fact that these

:43:08. > :43:11.attacks can easily be carried out with little planning? It is very

:43:12. > :43:15.difficult for the intelligence services and the police, especially

:43:16. > :43:19.the levels of encryption we are seeing on day-to-day apps like

:43:20. > :43:23.Whatsapp, people use that all the time. There is a good purpose for

:43:24. > :43:28.having them but it is very difficult. As we mentioned earlier,

:43:29. > :43:33.demented people involved in this at the moment is quite surprising, as

:43:34. > :43:35.Frank mentioned, about the exposure they have given themselves, there

:43:36. > :43:42.are eight people and there is more chance that one will slip up. It is

:43:43. > :43:48.very difficult to intercede on some of that. It will be interesting to

:43:49. > :43:53.draw on some parallels with Paris. If it was a coordinated cell working

:43:54. > :43:59.there, is this the final cell we have? In Paris there was the second

:44:00. > :44:03.cell. IS were in a totally different place at the time of the Paris

:44:04. > :44:06.attack to where we are now with their level of disruption. It would

:44:07. > :44:11.be interesting to see how the pieces are linked together.

:44:12. > :44:16.When the investigations into the network and folds it becomes clear

:44:17. > :44:18.that there are links across borders, different countries will be involved

:44:19. > :44:23.behind the scenes are trying to piece together the different parts?

:44:24. > :44:26.It does not necessarily become clear, that is part of the problem,

:44:27. > :44:32.continental European countries have been quite slow to show the

:44:33. > :44:38.day-to-day need. They had to improve, and they are improving.

:44:39. > :44:41.Britain is far from perfect, Britain had four terrorist attacks this

:44:42. > :44:47.year, nobody is patting themselves on the back in this country at all,

:44:48. > :44:51.but one of the problems has been that people, particularly jeering

:44:52. > :44:57.the surge of migrants coming from Turkey, certain terrorist elements

:44:58. > :45:00.could hide in that and cross borders. Because there is no

:45:01. > :45:06.biometric checking, in other words an iris scan or fingerprint, people

:45:07. > :45:10.were able to assume different names. In the case of IS they will burn

:45:11. > :45:15.their passports and get brand-new ones, possibly faked and forged,

:45:16. > :45:21.sometimes borrowed from somebody who is dead. They are able to slip back

:45:22. > :45:24.into Europe. That is proving a mountainous task to try and track

:45:25. > :45:30.everybody and share the information in real-time. Germany and France and

:45:31. > :45:35.Spain are getting much, much better at it. How this will pan out post

:45:36. > :45:38.Brexit for Britain I do not know. What is the sense of how these

:45:39. > :45:44.attacks unfolded, and what could have happened, because there was

:45:45. > :45:47.that explosion at a house, gas canisters, it is now suspected that

:45:48. > :45:51.happened on Wednesday, it is now suspected that the gas canisters

:45:52. > :45:52.were intended for involvement in some way in what happened in

:45:53. > :46:03.Barcelona what could have happened in Cambrils

:46:04. > :46:07.could have been worse except that the police managed to kill the

:46:08. > :46:14.attackers pretty quickly. After all the attacks, there were different

:46:15. > :46:19.events, and now they are finding collections among these lotions may

:46:20. > :46:29.reveal that the terrorists were planning a bigger attack. This is

:46:30. > :46:34.uncovering what we have seen before. Also, the rental of three Vans and

:46:35. > :46:39.what happened yesterday night, shows that there was... It is not

:46:40. > :46:44.official, but we will probably find out that they were connected in some

:46:45. > :46:46.way. Also, there was a murder in a car, yesterday morning, and now they

:46:47. > :47:07.are relating that. We may have a bigger problem than

:47:08. > :47:17.what we expected. And probably the political parties should consider

:47:18. > :47:22.terrorism more. How well-planned would this scenario have been, a van

:47:23. > :47:26.attack, any vehicle attacks, is an easy thing to carried out, but the

:47:27. > :47:31.police are now potentially talking about eight members of the cell, we

:47:32. > :47:47.see the house with the canisters in, sounds like there was planning over

:47:48. > :47:51.a period of time. It reveals to things that they were preparing an

:47:52. > :47:55.attack and also they did not know how to manage and work with these

:47:56. > :48:02.explosives, because you will have had a real good organised terrorist

:48:03. > :48:07.cell, they would not have committed these mistakes, that maybe lead them

:48:08. > :48:17.to take the van and go on through Las Ramblas, and last night in

:48:18. > :48:21.Cambrils. I don't know how to say exactly in English, but they were

:48:22. > :48:31.not as prepared as we had seen in terror plots in 2004 and years

:48:32. > :48:35.after. Ian was talking about the Al-Qaeda manual in 2010 which talked

:48:36. > :48:44.about using vehicles as weapons, it took some time for that to filter

:48:45. > :48:48.through, in terms of current thinking on terror organisations,

:48:49. > :48:53.what is the latest tracking and monitoring? Depressing news, they

:48:54. > :49:00.are not necessarily always that far ahead of us, we are often, the news

:49:01. > :49:06.media, are their primary source, for something like this, there will be

:49:07. > :49:11.watching, they will be watching BBC, sky, CNN, other good networks exist,

:49:12. > :49:15.for the latest news. In terms of what comes out for what the

:49:16. > :49:21.jihadistss are planning, when they put out their magazine, online, the

:49:22. > :49:25.authorities cannot stop it, and unfortunately, there is a wealth of

:49:26. > :49:29.very dangerous information in there. Anybody in this country who

:49:30. > :49:33.downloads it can expect a knock on the door from the Metropolitan

:49:34. > :49:39.Police. Famously a few years ago there was one aimed at an American

:49:40. > :49:44.audience, American jihadistss, how to make a bomb in your mother's

:49:45. > :49:47.kitchen, these contain practical advice, particularly alarming one

:49:48. > :49:53.that has come out the last three days, that is talking about

:49:54. > :50:00.targeting Britain, France, and the US, certain transport networks, with

:50:01. > :50:03.certain methods, which are viable. This is very worrying indeed.

:50:04. > :50:08.Frankly when that stuff comes out, they do not have advanced warning,

:50:09. > :50:10.unless they have a human agent placed upstream inside the

:50:11. > :50:16.organisation, given the state of collapse that Isis is in at the

:50:17. > :50:21.moment, is quite difficult. Thank you all very much, Eduardo, Frank,

:50:22. > :50:22.and lead, as well, you will be coming back, a little bit later, so

:50:23. > :50:33.thank you. We will see you again. What was it like to be caught up in

:50:34. > :50:34.the attack? People who saw a van ploughed into crowds share their

:50:35. > :52:15.stories. One eyewitness describes the moment

:52:16. > :52:25.a van hit crowds in Las Ramblas, families were screaming for their

:52:26. > :52:30.kids. It is a view to beautiful sunny day, packed with tourists, I

:52:31. > :52:32.was about to sit down for something to eat, literally seconds later,

:52:33. > :52:45.crashing noise. Every blue started to run so I

:52:46. > :52:53.started to run, families screaming. -- everybody started to run. People

:52:54. > :52:58.were panicking. A shopkeeper was speaking, saying something, I spoke

:52:59. > :53:03.with him, tried to ask him, he said he thought he had seen a van drive

:53:04. > :53:08.into the crowd, five or six people very seriously injured. At that

:53:09. > :53:12.point, the ambulance, the fire brigade, the police officers were on

:53:13. > :53:15.the scene with machine guns and guns, very quickly, people were

:53:16. > :53:20.panicking, then we were pushed back again. Then pushed further back and

:53:21. > :53:22.pushed further back. Police absolutely everywhere. People are in

:53:23. > :53:33.shock. That was one eyewitness, the flags

:53:34. > :53:37.of UK and Spain are flying at half-mast at Downing Street, in

:53:38. > :53:40.Barcelona, a one-minute silence at midday, local time. Let's go back to

:53:41. > :53:46.Ben Brown, for the latest on Barcelona.

:53:47. > :53:52.A minutes silence here, in just over an hour's time, as people in

:53:53. > :53:58.Barcelona pay their respects to the dead, the 13 people who lost lives

:53:59. > :54:03.at Las Ramblas, yesterday afternoon, it has reopened, people walking up

:54:04. > :54:07.and down it, it is returning to normal. Market stalls have reopened,

:54:08. > :54:11.bars and restaurants reopening, police take along there, not much

:54:12. > :54:14.else to show the horror that unfolded there yesterday when a

:54:15. > :54:19.white van was driven from here, where we are, Placa de Catalunya,

:54:20. > :54:24.right down, for about half a kilometre, high-speed, through Las

:54:25. > :54:27.Ramblas, killing 13, injuring dozens more, from many different

:54:28. > :54:30.nationalities, more than 20 different nationalities. Eight

:54:31. > :54:39.people, according to the authorities, were involved in a

:54:40. > :54:44.cell. And in Cambrils, 100 kilometres from here, popular

:54:45. > :54:48.seaside resort, another vehicle, a car tried to run into pedestrians,

:54:49. > :54:53.ran into several pedestrians, injuring seven including a police

:54:54. > :54:58.officer, police opened fire, shot dead five suspected terrorists. Some

:54:59. > :55:01.of that was filmed by Fitzroy Davies, British man from

:55:02. > :55:12.Wolverhampton, I have been talking to him about what he saw and heard

:55:13. > :55:12.full We were sitting in a bar, outfront,

:55:13. > :55:21.some girls ran in, scared, fear on their faces,

:55:22. > :55:30.and one of the guys jumped up and had a look at what is going on,

:55:31. > :55:33.and people started running past us, and whatever, and

:55:34. > :55:36.one of the guys said, run. We came out of the bar,

:55:37. > :55:38.I was standing on the street, and I got my phone out,

:55:39. > :55:42.because I saw this guy come running We got onto Las Ramblas and people

:55:43. > :56:33.were running everywhere, when the first shot was fired, the

:56:34. > :57:00.adrenaline was in there. Police have intercepted a terror

:57:01. > :57:05.cell in Cambrils, 100 kilometres from here. In Barcelona, three

:57:06. > :57:10.arrests have been made in connection with the attack, the van attack at

:57:11. > :57:14.Las Ramblas, police say there may have been a cell of some eight

:57:15. > :57:18.people involved in the preparation, the conspiracy, behind the van

:57:19. > :57:23.attack, not just the driver, who did flee on foot, so the police hunting

:57:24. > :57:27.for him, three people arrested in connection with that, that is the

:57:28. > :57:33.latest from here in Barcelona. Let's get a weather forecast.

:57:34. > :57:40.A mixture today of sunshine and showers, starting off fairly dry and

:57:41. > :57:44.sunny, satellite picture here, good deal of sunshine, speck of clout

:57:45. > :57:48.here, Western and northern parts indicates already we have one or two

:57:49. > :57:53.showers, though showers becoming more widespread this afternoon,

:57:54. > :57:58.across England and Wales, pretty much all of us at some point we'll

:57:59. > :58:01.catch the showers, but it is across Scotland where they will turn into

:58:02. > :58:04.longer spells of rain in the north-east of Scotland, that could

:58:05. > :58:11.be quite heavy at times, localised flooding, risk, also, Scotland,

:58:12. > :58:16.Northern Ireland, good spells of sunshine, a few showers, feeling

:58:17. > :58:19.fresher than yesterday, blustery, westerly wind, temperatures in the

:58:20. > :58:23.mid-to high teams. Across southern areas, not quite as warm,

:58:24. > :58:27.temperatures still potentially into the low 20s, good spells of

:58:28. > :58:33.sunshine, and a few showers passing by. At Edgbaston for the cricket,

:58:34. > :58:38.good chance of interruptions. As we go into the evening. Many showers

:58:39. > :58:42.continuing, rain clearing from the north-east, temperatures down to

:58:43. > :58:48.about 12, 13. Just a bit chillier than it was last night. For the

:58:49. > :58:52.start of the weekend, not too bad, fine start, plenty of dry weather,

:58:53. > :58:56.lots of sunshine, a few showers, across northern and western areas,

:58:57. > :59:00.temperatures getting up to the high teams, low 20s again, feeling fresh,

:59:01. > :59:06.quite blustery conditions during Saturday. It is as we go into

:59:07. > :59:11.Sunday, a few complications in the forecast, area of low pressure, and

:59:12. > :59:16.rain spreading ahead of it, remnants of ex-Hurricane Gert, giving us a

:59:17. > :59:20.few headaches. We feel there will be rain moving into the south and west,

:59:21. > :59:25.still uncertainty as to the exact position of the rain as it moves in.

:59:26. > :59:29.Starting of dry and fairly bright, driest weather will be towards the

:59:30. > :59:35.north-eastern quarter of the UK. As that low pressure system moves away,

:59:36. > :59:41.we will get a brief warm spell, coming in from the south, tropical

:59:42. > :59:45.air losing in. Will not affect northern areas, mainly towards the

:59:46. > :59:51.south. On Monday, bright and sunny spells, temperatures potentially up

:59:52. > :59:55.to 25 Celsius, further north, a bit cooler, outbreaks of rain across

:59:56. > :59:59.Scotland and also Northern Ireland. A few complications in the forecast

:00:00. > :00:01.as we go into Sunday but Saturday, largely fine and dry, more details

:00:02. > :00:07.available on the website. Spanish police are investigating

:00:08. > :00:10.whether the van attack here yesterday, in which 13 people

:00:11. > :00:13.were killed, was linked to another incident overnight

:00:14. > :00:27.in the resort of Cambrils. That resources around 100 kilometres

:00:28. > :00:35.from here. Within 30 seconds police turned up,

:00:36. > :00:39.they drew their guns and were shouting something to the guy, next

:00:40. > :00:49.thing I know shots were fired. He went down.

:00:50. > :00:52.People from 24 countries were caught up in the attack on Las Ramblas

:00:53. > :00:54.yesterday afternoon - 80 people are injured some seriously

:00:55. > :00:56.after a van ploughed through pedestrians on the famous

:00:57. > :01:09.tourist landmark in the centre of Barcelona.

:01:10. > :01:11.People caught up the attack have been describing fleeing

:01:12. > :01:14.for their lives into shops and bars as the driver of the van

:01:15. > :01:20.caught up in both incidents and bringing you all

:01:21. > :01:54.Welcome to BBC News, we are living the heart of Barcelona, Las Ramblas

:01:55. > :01:58.just there me is where this horrific attack unfolded just before 5pm

:01:59. > :02:04.local time yesterday afternoon. A white van set off from here,

:02:05. > :02:09.Catalonia Square, Placa de Catalunya, drove at high speeds and

:02:10. > :02:12.Las Ramblas, veering from side to side, left to right, swerving

:02:13. > :02:18.deliberately at pedestrians, leaving 13 dead, injuring dozens more, many

:02:19. > :02:20.of them seriously injured and still in hospital, some critically

:02:21. > :02:24.injured. We're hearing there are casualties

:02:25. > :02:27.from some 24 different countries. Three people have been arrested in

:02:28. > :02:34.connection with the attack in Barcelona. Police say there may have

:02:35. > :02:39.been a terror cell other 28 people behind the plot to attack this

:02:40. > :02:45.tourist destination right in the heart of Barcelona -- a terror cell

:02:46. > :02:49.of eight people. This destination attracts tourists from right around

:02:50. > :02:52.the world and it was packed with people when the van drove into

:02:53. > :02:55.pedestrians. In the early hours of this morning a

:02:56. > :03:00.second attack, this time in the seaside town of Cambrils around 100

:03:01. > :03:04.kilometres from here. There, a car was used to drive into pedestrians.

:03:05. > :03:09.Seven people injured, including a police officer, but this time armed

:03:10. > :03:14.police opened fire very quickly and shot dead five terror suspects. Some

:03:15. > :03:19.of that action by the police was filmed on camera. Five suspected

:03:20. > :03:21.terror suspects have been killed by the police in Cambrils. This report

:03:22. > :03:23.from Sarah Corker. In the early hours of Friday

:03:24. > :03:26.morning, a dramatic shoot out The authorities say five suspected

:03:27. > :03:34.terrorists were shot dead by police. Officers opened fire

:03:35. > :03:37.after the attackers drove The next thing, police were right

:03:38. > :03:50.there, it was really quick. Then they started shouting

:03:51. > :03:53.at the guy and the next thing, The incident in Cambrils

:03:54. > :04:00.is being linked to the deadly van attack in the centre of Barcelona,

:04:01. > :04:09.less than 100 miles away. Hundreds of holiday-makers, locals,

:04:10. > :04:11.shoppers ran for their lives. This white van was used

:04:12. > :04:14.as a weapon to kill. For half a kilometre,

:04:15. > :04:17.the vehicle ploughed into pedestrians on Spain's

:04:18. > :04:23.most famous boulevard. I saw a white van with

:04:24. > :04:28.the side door open. Whether it was police

:04:29. > :04:35.or from the van, I don't know, We ran into the Burger

:04:36. > :04:39.King to get shelter. Police released this photo

:04:40. > :04:41.of Driss Oukabir, born in Morroco, whose documents were used to rent

:04:42. > :04:48.the van, but latest reports suggest he told police his

:04:49. > :04:52.passport was stolen. The so-called Islamic State group

:04:53. > :04:59.said it was behind the attack. TRANSLATION: I want to express

:05:00. > :05:03.the solidarity of the whole of Spain with Barcelona,

:05:04. > :05:06.today hit by jihadist terrorism, like other cities around

:05:07. > :05:09.the world before it. The authorities are now linking

:05:10. > :05:11.the attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils with an explosion

:05:12. > :05:16.on Wednesday in the town of Alcanar. Police believe suspects at the house

:05:17. > :05:22.were preparing explosives. And, as people anxiously wait

:05:23. > :05:25.for news of loved ones, the authorities have warned

:05:26. > :05:43.the number of dead may rise. Lets tell you more about the

:05:44. > :05:47.dramatic shoot out in Cambrils, around 100 kilometres from here,

:05:48. > :05:49.when the car was driven at pedestrians, injured seven,

:05:50. > :05:55.including a police officer. Armed police opened fire and shot dead

:05:56. > :06:01.five terror suspects. A man from Wolverhampton in Britain was

:06:02. > :06:08.actually filming at the time of the police action on his camera phone,

:06:09. > :06:09.this is what he filmed. This was Fitzroy Davis, who filmed some of

:06:10. > :06:57.the police action in Cambrils. That is what happened overnight in

:06:58. > :07:07.Cambrils. Let's focus on what happened in Barcelona, is Las

:07:08. > :07:11.Ramblas. I can speak to one eyewitness, Eneko De Marcus. What

:07:12. > :07:16.happened? I was having a coffee, minority. It was about 4:30pm, I

:07:17. > :07:20.waited for a while. At around five minutes to five there was a noise,

:07:21. > :07:24.the next thing you know from the bottom of that street there was a

:07:25. > :07:27.stampede of thousands of people running and running and running. It

:07:28. > :07:32.was a dead giveaway that something was wrong, so we turned the corner

:07:33. > :07:37.where the restaurant is and we ran inside the restaurant, they locked

:07:38. > :07:41.us in, we were locked in for around three and a half hours, no one gave

:07:42. > :07:46.this any information. Things were filtering through about taking

:07:47. > :07:50.hostages in a restaurant and Las Ramblas, but we were just inside, it

:07:51. > :07:55.was chaos, children and women crying. I was quite relaxed because

:07:56. > :08:00.I had not seen the van. But after three and a half hours they letters

:08:01. > :08:09.go and the police Major 's walk up the street -- made us walk up the

:08:10. > :08:13.street, then there was another bank, a noise, police started running in

:08:14. > :08:17.and everyone panicked. There was another stampede, I was not going to

:08:18. > :08:23.stick around, I ran for my wife. It was chaos. How long was it before

:08:24. > :08:28.you realised it was a terror attack, a vehicle had been used and people

:08:29. > :08:32.were killed? We did not know if it was terrorism or just someone who

:08:33. > :08:36.was crazy or something, it took about half an hour to figure out

:08:37. > :08:40.what was going on. We were asking people who run into the restaurant

:08:41. > :08:47.what was happening, they did not know, they were in shock, crying. It

:08:48. > :08:51.was quite harrowing, to be honest. People terrified, running for their

:08:52. > :08:56.lives? Yes, pandemonium on the streets. The police cordoned off

:08:57. > :09:02.everything, it was impossible to get home. People who live in this area

:09:03. > :09:07.were just stuck. If you wanted to get to your safe place at home you

:09:08. > :09:10.had to stick around and hope the suspects or whatever were

:09:11. > :09:15.apprehended without problems. You were born and raised in Britain but

:09:16. > :09:19.live in Barcelona now, what has an attack like that is done to

:09:20. > :09:23.Barcelona? It seems to be people getting back to life as normal now?

:09:24. > :09:29.I went through the ones in London when I was young. Yeah, it is very

:09:30. > :09:34.important we get back to the normal routine, people going back to doing

:09:35. > :09:38.what they do. It is quite sad for me, honestly, this is an isolated

:09:39. > :09:44.incident. In other places around the world it is happening daily. We need

:09:45. > :09:48.to help them all, you know? It happens once you, it is small scale

:09:49. > :09:53.and we are all panicking. It is happening in places around the world

:09:54. > :09:58.at ten or 20 times the scale. It is important we get back to normal

:09:59. > :10:02.routine, do the things we do, go to places we go. Barcelona is an

:10:03. > :10:07.amazing city, please come and visit, it is beautiful. Las Ramblas is such

:10:08. > :10:12.a tourist destination, anybody who comes to Barcelona comes here?

:10:13. > :10:16.Everyone and anyone. My fronts were here two days ago, they left on

:10:17. > :10:23.Sunday and I am so glad they ROK -- my fronts were here. It is the place

:10:24. > :10:28.to be, iconic streets, people selling, vibrant and alive. It is a

:10:29. > :10:32.shock it has happened. We're hearing there might have been a terror cell

:10:33. > :10:35.of maybe eight people who planned this, it was obviously an attack on

:10:36. > :10:39.tourists, people not only from this part of the world the right around

:10:40. > :10:45.the world to come to Barcelona and see what a beautiful city it is? It

:10:46. > :10:51.is just an attack on freedom and people who want to live happy lives,

:10:52. > :10:55.I guess. It is important we have compassion for people around the

:10:56. > :11:00.world. Not everyone is bad. It is important we carry on and keep on

:11:01. > :11:04.living the way we live. 13 killed, dozens injured, what are your

:11:05. > :11:08.feelings about the people who did this? Devastating. How are you going

:11:09. > :11:14.to feel? It is on my street, where I live. I walk the street every day, I

:11:15. > :11:20.feel happy, vibrant. It is devastating. Very sad. And you will

:11:21. > :11:26.just be carrying on with life as normal? Of course. It is a bit of a

:11:27. > :11:31.shock, you don't expect it on your doorstep, but if you don't, what are

:11:32. > :11:35.you going to do? Stay at home all day like a recluse? You had to keep

:11:36. > :11:39.on living life. Thank you very much for being with us, Eneko De Marcus.

:11:40. > :11:46.No worries, thank you very much. Take care. Let's talk to somebody

:11:47. > :11:49.else who witnessed what happened in Las Ramblas yesterday. Scott

:11:50. > :11:59.Strudwick can join us. Can you tell us what you saw? Show. We were in

:12:00. > :12:05.the main Placa de Catalunya. We came out from a large department store to

:12:06. > :12:11.be greeted by police sirens. We were heading towards Las Ramblas to then

:12:12. > :12:16.catch bus back, at which point we suddenly noticed lots of people

:12:17. > :12:20.running in the opposite direction. Then police were pushing us away,

:12:21. > :12:26.pushing people into shops and trying to close the doors behind them. We

:12:27. > :12:30.were tied into the large department store that we were originally in.

:12:31. > :12:34.That is where from our point of view we did not know what was going on at

:12:35. > :12:38.that point, once we got back into the shop, shortly after that we had

:12:39. > :12:42.our scariest moment. We were on the second floor of the shop and people

:12:43. > :12:45.came running through the shop, we later found that there was a rumour

:12:46. > :12:49.that had been gunfire and potentially a terrorist in the shop,

:12:50. > :12:51.which turned out to be false but they did not know that at that

:12:52. > :12:57.point. We did not really understand what was happening because we did

:12:58. > :13:00.not speak Spanish, which is probably a blessing in hindsight. The panic

:13:01. > :13:06.was quite infectious, we were driven back to the back of the shop. We

:13:07. > :13:09.went into a hairdressing salon and were put into a small storage

:13:10. > :13:13.cupboard at the end, many people were crammed in. It was very

:13:14. > :13:18.frightening, lots of people crying and upset. We were very confused. We

:13:19. > :13:24.had two young children, it was very frightening for them.

:13:25. > :13:29.How long was it before you realised exactly what was unfolding, that

:13:30. > :13:35.this was a terror attack? We did not know at that point, we obviously had

:13:36. > :13:38.strong suspicions. At that time we knew it must be some sort of

:13:39. > :13:43.terrorist attack but we did not have details. We were let out of the

:13:44. > :13:48.room, that was still confusion, we were assured out of an emergency ex

:13:49. > :13:52.back in an emergency exit, then they locked the shop down. At that point

:13:53. > :13:55.we could use our phones to get onto social media etc and had a better

:13:56. > :14:00.understanding of what was going on, but as you can appreciate even at

:14:01. > :14:05.that point the details were sketchy and false details were coming

:14:06. > :14:12.through as well. Obviously all the people around you

:14:13. > :14:15.were absolutely terrified? Yes, initially particularly after the

:14:16. > :14:19.incident in the shop lots of very upset people were crying, things

:14:20. > :14:22.calm down. To be fair to the people in the shop they were very good at

:14:23. > :14:28.trying to calm people and reassure them, they had locked down the shop,

:14:29. > :14:31.but it was still a very tense and setting environment. Looking out of

:14:32. > :14:34.the windows there was nobody in the street about point, just police. We

:14:35. > :14:38.did not have enough information to know what was going on at that

:14:39. > :14:42.point, especially as we did not speak Spanish. We went to look at

:14:43. > :14:46.the television, there were lots of pictures and we started to

:14:47. > :14:50.understand what was going on. What was worrying was that at that point

:14:51. > :14:54.there was potentially a news announcement that there were two

:14:55. > :14:57.gunman that had stormed a restaurant, so you were really

:14:58. > :15:00.worried about how many potential terrorists were still milling around

:15:01. > :15:06.and whatever additional attacks might happen.

:15:07. > :15:13.What are your plans? What would you do? Are you staying in Barcelona?

:15:14. > :15:18.Yes. After we were let out of the hotel we were ushered away by police

:15:19. > :15:22.quite quickly away from the main zone. The problem for us is that we

:15:23. > :15:26.did not know where we were. There were lots of people milling around,

:15:27. > :15:30.it took a good number of hours to eventually get into a taxi and get

:15:31. > :15:34.back to our hotel. Things very much calm down when we were at the hotel,

:15:35. > :15:38.they were very good and laid on extra restaurant space because lots

:15:39. > :15:42.of people were not staying in the hotel. As this morning we have been

:15:43. > :15:46.looking at the new -- news and seen that have been further attacks and

:15:47. > :15:51.more going on. Police are still finding stuff. That said, life seems

:15:52. > :15:54.to be returning to normal, I think people are fairly resilient. These

:15:55. > :15:58.sorts of attacks, people do not want them to get the better of them, they

:15:59. > :16:02.are trying to go on. We will be taking advice but our plans are to

:16:03. > :16:07.do pretty much what we were going to do yesterday, albeit we will be much

:16:08. > :16:12.more aware. And the thing is where we are now there is a large police

:16:13. > :16:18.attendance so we are hoping if anything it should make it more

:16:19. > :16:23.secure. Thank you Connor Scott. being with us and thank you for your

:16:24. > :16:29.time, Scott, talking to us about what happened here at Las Ramblas,

:16:30. > :16:34.right in the heart of Barcelona. I've been talking to another

:16:35. > :16:39.eyewitness, Richard Greg, from Dartford, in England, he was here,

:16:40. > :16:56.and he was caught up in the effort of what happened at Las Ramblas.

:16:57. > :17:00.People were running everywhere, we could not get anywhere near the

:17:01. > :17:04.apartment, which is parallel with where the van ended up, so we made

:17:05. > :17:16.our way through the back streets, filled with people at that time.

:17:17. > :17:19.We got onto Las Ramblas and people were running everywhere,

:17:20. > :17:21.we could not get anywhere near our apartment,

:17:22. > :17:23.which is literally parallel with where the van ended up,

:17:24. > :17:26.so we made our way through the back streets, which were filled

:17:27. > :17:28.with people at that time, panicking, really, the police

:17:29. > :17:30.also were in the back streets very quickly.

:17:31. > :17:33.Las Ramblas has numerous side alley ways, all the way up and down,

:17:34. > :17:35.literally flooded with police, on foot, on motorcycles,

:17:36. > :17:37.getting us off the street and clearly looking for someone,

:17:38. > :17:42.When we got back to our street we could see where the van had

:17:43. > :17:45.ended, bodies on the floor, we made our way back to our

:17:46. > :17:48.apartment as quickly as we could, we ended up within the police called

:17:49. > :17:51.in and could not leave the building, because the market place

:17:52. > :17:53.where a lot of the armed police were was literally

:17:54. > :18:03.We stayed in the apartment for two or three hours,

:18:04. > :18:06.until we got the international news, nothing on the news for about 20

:18:07. > :18:08.minutes, half an hour, we did not know the severity

:18:09. > :18:11.of what had happened apart from judging by the numbers of people

:18:12. > :18:13.running through the streets and the volume of police

:18:14. > :18:21.and helicopters overhead, so we knew it was fairly serious.

:18:22. > :18:24.We left the apartment at 9:30pm, to meet friends on the other

:18:25. > :18:26.side of Barcelona, check they were all OK, the whole city

:18:27. > :18:29.was fairly quiet, fairly subdued, normally you would expect Barcelona

:18:30. > :18:33.Obviously everyone is now very on edge.

:18:34. > :18:36.I spose, if you had been walking down Las Ramblas

:18:37. > :18:38.a few minutes earlier, you could have been

:18:39. > :18:42.We would have been where the van ended up had we been

:18:43. > :18:44.two minutes earlier, that is where we were headed.

:18:45. > :18:47.We are really grateful that we were just two minutes behind

:18:48. > :18:55.are you staying, despite what happened?

:18:56. > :18:58.We are staying until Monday, taking it day by day,

:18:59. > :19:08.We were freaked out last night, and on edge, we feel

:19:09. > :19:10.a little bit calmer today, as you have mentioned,

:19:11. > :19:13.Las Ramblas is getting back to some semblance of normality,

:19:14. > :19:15.as lots of people down there, stalls opening back up,

:19:16. > :19:17.we feel fairly reassured by the volume of police,

:19:18. > :19:35.A little bit shocked, a little bit on edge,

:19:36. > :19:37.has not really sunk in, the first, sort of ten

:19:38. > :19:39.minutes after the attack it was all fairly surreal,

:19:40. > :19:42.half the crowds were running and screaming away, the other half

:19:43. > :19:45.had no clue what was happening at all, just standing around,

:19:46. > :19:49.So it was all a bit surreal for the first bit,

:19:50. > :19:51.and then once it became clear what was happening,

:19:52. > :19:56.When we saw people on the floor being tended to by emergency

:19:57. > :19:58.services we suddenly realise the severity of the situation.

:19:59. > :20:01.We were very concerned last night, until they had arrested anyone,

:20:02. > :20:03.because we did not know where anybody was, now,

:20:04. > :20:11.we hear that the driver is probably still not apprehended.

:20:12. > :20:13.That leaves a little bit of apprehension, worried,

:20:14. > :20:16.about where we are going to go tonight, what we are going

:20:17. > :20:27.to do today, we want to stay insecure places.

:20:28. > :20:31.There has been a string of these vehicle attacks across Europe,

:20:32. > :20:33.including London, did you realise pretty quickly that

:20:34. > :20:36.that is probably what it was, when you saw everybody running?

:20:37. > :20:38.We realised, when the first tourist was shouting out that

:20:39. > :20:41.people had been hit, we thought perhaps it was just

:20:42. > :20:43.a tragic car accident, by the time we saw the volume

:20:44. > :20:46.of police and we could see that there was the van

:20:47. > :20:49.there and bodies on the floor, we guessed pretty quickly that this

:20:50. > :21:30.Richard Greg, British eyewitness to what was happening in Barcelona,

:21:31. > :21:40.from Dartford in Kent, telling us what the saw and heard. These are

:21:41. > :21:44.life pictures. Flowers and wreaths have been laid there, candles have

:21:45. > :21:49.been that as well for the people coming, laying flowers, lighting

:21:50. > :21:54.candles. Standing in silent reflection, to pay their respects,

:21:55. > :22:00.and think about the 13 who have lost their lives. In that horrific

:22:01. > :22:06.attack. Dozens and dozens who have been inches from many different

:22:07. > :22:10.countries, more than 20 different countries, we are hearing. -- who

:22:11. > :22:16.have been injured. Some of them critically ill in hospital. A

:22:17. > :22:22.statement we have heard from the Catalan president," we have two

:22:23. > :22:25.remain an and welcoming society, he said he wanted to appeal for

:22:26. > :22:31.normality because changing our way of being would be a triumph of

:22:32. > :22:34.terrorism, and he called for trust and hope in the police forces who

:22:35. > :22:39.say that they are well prepared. That statement from Carles

:22:40. > :22:43.Puigdemont. That is a reference to the police action in Cambrils, 100

:22:44. > :22:53.kilometres from here, seaside town, another terror attack using a

:22:54. > :22:59.vehicle, driven into pedestrians. Police opened fire very quickly and

:23:00. > :23:03.shot dead five terror suspects, in Cambrils. That is the latest from

:23:04. > :23:08.Barcelona. Very shortly there will be a minutes silence, where people

:23:09. > :23:14.can pay their respects to the dead and remember the dead, a minutes

:23:15. > :23:16.silence. Flags flying at half-mast, right across Spain, after this

:23:17. > :23:21.dreadful attack, and in Downing Street, we understand, in

:23:22. > :23:24.solidarity. Back to the studio in London.

:23:25. > :23:31.We will have the latest from Barcelona. Bringing back in here,

:23:32. > :23:36.director of covenant Security and risk management, former member of

:23:37. > :23:40.the UK national counterterrorism security office, with us throughout

:23:41. > :23:46.the morning. Security issues arising from this, and protection going

:23:47. > :23:48.forward, also, lead, the latest from the Spanish authorities, they

:23:49. > :23:53.believe there may have been eight people involved in a cell that

:23:54. > :23:57.carried out the attack in Barcelona, in terms of arrests and suspected

:23:58. > :24:02.attackers dead, three arrests have been made, five are dead, what will

:24:03. > :24:06.be going on to try to make sure they can piece together the numbers

:24:07. > :24:15.involved in each separate incident as far as they understand it, and

:24:16. > :24:18.the figures involved in each one marrying up between different

:24:19. > :24:22.incidents. There will be a number of actions as part of the initial

:24:23. > :24:26.investigation, one of the main things is to confirm that if this

:24:27. > :24:29.was a coordinated cell working together, is that everybody

:24:30. > :24:34.accounted for? Do we have the three suspects in custody and those that

:24:35. > :24:37.have been shot, anybody else still out there, potentially the first

:24:38. > :24:40.driver at Las Ramblas, the five killed later on, or is he still to

:24:41. > :24:45.be found? That would be part of the initial thing, do we have everybody

:24:46. > :24:51.caught up in this. At the same time running alongside this, discussing

:24:52. > :24:54.with colleagues from other countries, information sharing,

:24:55. > :24:58.trying to get as much information about these individuals as possible,

:24:59. > :25:01.possibly even confirming their identities, they may not have

:25:02. > :25:07.paperwork with them, fair bit of work to be going on. As well as

:25:08. > :25:11.that, looking at overall security within Barcelona and the surviving

:25:12. > :25:15.areas but also, the frenzied recovery at the seams... Not just

:25:16. > :25:20.the collection of the vehicles but where it took place, especially with

:25:21. > :25:26.the second attack, fiercely firearms involved as well. A number of

:25:27. > :25:33.immediate action. -- obviously firearms involved as well. A name

:25:34. > :25:37.and a face was put out there pretty quickly, they may have been

:25:38. > :25:41.involved, because the person that hired the car use his documents,

:25:42. > :25:46.Driss Oukabir, he handed himself in to police quite quickly, that is

:25:47. > :25:52.him, he realised his face was in the media, he says he was not involved,

:25:53. > :25:56.70 miles away, he believed, potentially, his brother had stolen

:25:57. > :26:03.his documents to hire the van. If that is the case, that seems like an

:26:04. > :26:07.usual situation, doesn't it, if you want to steal documents to hire a

:26:08. > :26:13.van, doing it this way has led the police directly back on the

:26:14. > :26:17.potentially, to the person... Very high risk tactics for them to

:26:18. > :26:22.undertake, identified at the time as stolen documents, or fiercely, the

:26:23. > :26:27.plan is there and then, that leads me to think, the incident on

:26:28. > :26:32.Thursday night disrupted whatever plans they had in place. --

:26:33. > :26:40.obviously. And this is Plan B. The incident at the house, and this is

:26:41. > :26:44.Plan B, looking at a vehicle, and looking at Las Ramblas at that time

:26:45. > :26:48.in the evening. For them, in their eyes, it is a good choice of timing.

:26:49. > :26:54.What does not quite fit in yet is the timing, 1am, for the second

:26:55. > :26:59.attack, or was it that they were travelling through to someone else,

:27:00. > :27:04.1am, using a vehicle, there is not really many around at that time of

:27:05. > :27:08.day. On that, the Cambrils attack, there was a report that what

:27:09. > :27:12.happened was that the car was stopped at a police checkpoint, the

:27:13. > :27:16.police realised there were armed men inside the car, they gave chase, the

:27:17. > :27:21.car overturned, and presumably in the chase, people were hit, when the

:27:22. > :27:27.men got out of the car, that was when they were shot dead. But the

:27:28. > :27:30.reports are also that it was not that way, that there was an attack

:27:31. > :27:36.underway and the police got involved quite quickly. It is still unclear

:27:37. > :27:41.exactly what happened, it was an unusual time, early hours of the

:27:42. > :27:46.morning. Things not quite adding up with the second incident still. The

:27:47. > :27:54.checkpoint story, would make more sense, in terms of the actual police

:27:55. > :27:57.response and their timing to it. Obviously, the other account, pure

:27:58. > :28:01.coincidence Paps, that they happen to attack that area and the police

:28:02. > :28:04.happened to be there, also significant, when we look at the

:28:05. > :28:11.footage, the controlled shots fired by the police, not a sporadic

:28:12. > :28:15.exchange of gunfire, obviously clear time shots in there, completely

:28:16. > :28:18.different scenario, I would not be surprised if they did appear at a

:28:19. > :28:23.checkpoint and tried to rush through, hence the immediate

:28:24. > :28:26.pursuit. Reported that the CIA warned the Spanish authorities two

:28:27. > :28:31.months ago that Las Ramblas was a target, we don't know how they

:28:32. > :28:35.responded to the warning but in terms of protecting somewhere like

:28:36. > :28:42.Las Ramblas, popular areas in any other cities, what can be done? A

:28:43. > :28:45.couple of interesting points, the CIA sharing information would add up

:28:46. > :28:49.to some of the initial report, local saying that there had been an

:28:50. > :28:52.increase in police presence in Las Ramblas over the last week or so,

:28:53. > :28:56.that adds weight to that account, what is also interesting, on the map

:28:57. > :29:02.of Las Ramblas, where you see the vehicle enter, in the pedestrian I

:29:03. > :29:08.would be interested to see what measures are in place to stop

:29:09. > :29:12.vehicles entering a pedestrian zone. There are plans in place for places

:29:13. > :29:17.like Oxford Street, do we make it pedestrianised at certain times of

:29:18. > :29:21.the day, when we have a high volume of footfall. We will never be able

:29:22. > :29:27.to roll out completely the use of vehicles to attack people, there are

:29:28. > :29:29.ways to mitigate it but how do we respond, we saw an effective

:29:30. > :29:36.response yesterday as we did on London Bridge. Thank you very much,

:29:37. > :29:39.lead, and we will go to the Foreign Office now, our correspondent there,

:29:40. > :29:46.more than 20 countries citizens caught up in the events in

:29:47. > :29:51.Barcelona. Any reports yet of any British people involved? The Foreign

:29:52. > :29:56.Office urgently seeking information, and working with the Spanish local

:29:57. > :30:00.authorities to try to establish if any British nationals are involved,

:30:01. > :30:03.we have not been given any information, they have issued

:30:04. > :30:07.advice, four travelling to and from Barcelona and Cambrils, they say

:30:08. > :30:12.that if you are in those areas, take care, they also say that you should

:30:13. > :30:16.follow the advice of local authorities, and if you are safe,

:30:17. > :30:20.they are urging people to contact family and friends through social

:30:21. > :30:24.media rather than the helpline that has been issued by Spanish

:30:25. > :30:27.authorities because they are having some problems with that and

:30:28. > :30:32.hopefully it will be up and running shortly. It is thought that more

:30:33. > :30:36.than 12 million British visit Spain throughout the year and because it

:30:37. > :30:40.is mid-August and summertime, more than a million British people are in

:30:41. > :30:43.Spain on holiday, most of them in the results around the

:30:44. > :30:49.Mediterranean, some of them would be in Barcelona or Cambrils.

:30:50. > :30:55.Is there any updated travel guidance? We have a statement from

:30:56. > :30:59.British Airways who says customers due to travel to and from Barcelona

:31:00. > :31:04.in the coming days are being offered a range of options if they want to

:31:05. > :31:10.bring forward has blown their travel plans. The UK's biggest operator to

:31:11. > :31:14.Barcelona, easyJet, says any passengers not wishing to travel on

:31:15. > :31:20.flights to war from Barcelona in the next 48 hours can change their

:31:21. > :31:25.flights with no charge fee. P ferries say they will monitor the

:31:26. > :31:30.situation and keep in contact with the Spanish authorities on what they

:31:31. > :31:33.do. As far as we know there are no black hairy journeys to and from

:31:34. > :31:40.Barcelona this weekend. Take you very much. -- as far as we know

:31:41. > :31:47.there are no plan to ferry journeys to and from Barcelona. Just to show

:31:48. > :31:51.you what is going on behind us and Placa de Catalunya, Catalonia

:31:52. > :31:54.Square, at the end of Las Ramblas. People are gathering in large

:31:55. > :32:00.numbers because there will be a minute's silence at the top of the

:32:01. > :32:07.hour, where people will remember the 13 who lost their lives and the many

:32:08. > :32:10.dozens who were injured in the van attack as it was driven down Las

:32:11. > :32:15.Ramblas. There are security checks as they walk in and bag searches,

:32:16. > :32:19.but I think people from Barcelona and tourists from around the world

:32:20. > :32:25.who are in this city now wants to come and pay respects to those who

:32:26. > :32:29.have lost their lives. Also on Las Ramblas, flowers being laid in

:32:30. > :32:36.memory of the dead, candles being lit, reefs have been laid. Very much

:32:37. > :32:39.a sombre mood, as you would expect, but the president of Catalonia has

:32:40. > :32:44.said life is to return to normal to show that terrorism will not be

:32:45. > :32:49.allowed to succeed and that the terrorists will not win. According

:32:50. > :32:54.to the authorities here a terror cell odds are made people was behind

:32:55. > :32:59.the van attack in which the white van was driven from this square half

:33:00. > :33:03.a kilometre down Las Ramblas at high speed. Weaving in and out of

:33:04. > :33:08.pedestrians, deliberately swerving into them on the pavements, killing

:33:09. > :33:12.13 and injuring about 100. Many of them are still in hospital.

:33:13. > :33:17.Overnight in the town of Cambrils around 100 kilometres from here, a

:33:18. > :33:24.popular seaside town, there was a second vehicle attack in which a car

:33:25. > :33:28.was driven up pedestrians as well. Seven were injured. Fitzroy Davis is

:33:29. > :33:29.a British man from Wolverhampton who was there at the time, this is what

:33:30. > :33:32.he told me. We were sitting in a bar

:33:33. > :33:35.by the front, and some girls just ran in, scared,

:33:36. > :33:38.and then fear on their faces, and so one of the guys

:33:39. > :33:41.jumped up and had a look, see what was going on, and then

:33:42. > :33:50.people started running past us, and then one of the guys said,

:33:51. > :33:52."Run!" And we came out of the bar

:33:53. > :33:57.and I was standing on the street, and I got my phone out,

:33:58. > :34:00.because I saw this guy First, somebody said,

:34:01. > :34:07."Call the police." Within 20, 30 seconds,

:34:08. > :34:10.the police turned up, then they drew their guns,

:34:11. > :34:15.shouting something to the guy. And then next thing I know

:34:16. > :34:20.there were shots fired. He went down, and within two

:34:21. > :34:23.seconds he stood back up, then he stepped over a fence,

:34:24. > :34:26.then he came walking to the police, he was smiling,

:34:27. > :34:30.he was laughing at them, and they shot him again

:34:31. > :34:37.and then he fell down. And people might be amazed that

:34:38. > :34:40.you would just film that. Were you aware of what was going

:34:41. > :34:47.to unfold as you started filming? Not until the police turned up,

:34:48. > :34:50.and it was only when the police turned up with their guns drawn then

:34:51. > :34:53.I realised, this is serious. And then when the first shots

:34:54. > :34:56.were fired, in one mind people were shouting me to come on and go,

:34:57. > :35:05.and in the other mind, the adrenaline was in there

:35:06. > :35:26.and I thought, I'll just carry Life here in Barcelona, this is the

:35:27. > :35:32.scene you can see behind me, people in their droves wanting to come to

:35:33. > :35:36.Placa de Catalunya where the attack began, this is where there would be

:35:37. > :35:42.a minute's silence in 20 odd minutes' time. A chance for people

:35:43. > :35:47.to pay their respects, to remember those who lost their lives here

:35:48. > :35:51.yesterday. Many innocent tourists looking at one of the great tourist

:35:52. > :35:54.attractions of Barcelona, one of the great tourist attractions of the

:35:55. > :35:58.world. Anybody who comes to Barcelona wants to come to Las

:35:59. > :36:02.Ramblas, it was packed yesterday afternoon just before 5pm local time

:36:03. > :36:08.when the van swerved down Las Ramblas at high speed for about half

:36:09. > :36:13.a kilometre, ploughing into people. We have been hearing from various

:36:14. > :36:16.senior politicians in Catalonia and Spain saying life has to return to

:36:17. > :36:21.normal, terrorism cannot be allowed to win.

:36:22. > :36:26.We have heard from Francesco Marcus Vasquez, a member of Congress here.

:36:27. > :36:31.If we are looking for absolute security, it is very difficult to

:36:32. > :36:36.achieve that. We try to protect ourselves, not only in Spain but in

:36:37. > :36:40.all of our European countries we have very professional law

:36:41. > :36:43.enforcement agencies and very professional police officers. And we

:36:44. > :36:49.cannot get something like absolute security.

:36:50. > :36:54.It appears that the terror cell, if that's what was, behind this attack

:36:55. > :36:59.on Las Ramblas, according to the authorities, may have been eight

:37:00. > :37:05.strong. Eight people in that cell. And another in Cambrils, where there

:37:06. > :37:09.was a police shoot out yesterday after another vehicle attack, those

:37:10. > :37:15.five terror suspects killed. If there were a network, if you like,

:37:16. > :37:20.of one terror cell in Barcelona, another in Cambrils, it seems they

:37:21. > :37:23.were not at all on the radar of the authorities of the police, and that

:37:24. > :37:27.will be very worrying. We know there have been three arrests in

:37:28. > :37:32.connection with the van attack, although the driver of the van that

:37:33. > :37:38.killed so many people here in Las Ramblas got out of the van and fled

:37:39. > :37:40.on foot, people hunting for him very hard indeed. Back to you in the

:37:41. > :37:48.studio, Joanna. More from Ben later. Earlier Ben

:37:49. > :37:54.spoke to an eyewitness who said he was caught up in the stampede of

:37:55. > :37:58.people. I was having a coffee, as is my normal routine. It was about

:37:59. > :38:02.4:30pm, I waited a while. At five minutes to five there was a noise,

:38:03. > :38:06.the next thing you know, coming from the bottom of the street, a stampede

:38:07. > :38:10.of thousands of people just running and running and running. Of course,

:38:11. > :38:18.it was a dead giveaway that something was wrong. We turned the

:38:19. > :38:22.corner where the restaurant cafe is. We were locked into another cafe for

:38:23. > :38:27.about three others, no one gave this information. Things were filtering

:38:28. > :38:32.through about they have taken hostages at another restaurant in

:38:33. > :38:37.Las Ramblas, it was chaos, children crying, women crying. I was quite

:38:38. > :38:42.relaxed because obviously I had not seen the van. After three and a half

:38:43. > :38:47.hours they let us go, the police made us walk past the street that

:38:48. > :38:51.goes up the street here. As we got to the cordoned off area there was

:38:52. > :38:54.another band, like a noise, police started running in and everyone

:38:55. > :38:58.panicked, there was another stampede. At that point I was not

:38:59. > :39:05.going to stick around, I ran for my life. It was just chaos. How long

:39:06. > :39:10.was it before you realised it was a terror attack, a vehicle had been

:39:11. > :39:14.used on people had been killed. Obviously we do not know if it as

:39:15. > :39:17.terrorism or somebody who is crazy or something. It took about half an

:39:18. > :39:20.hour to figure out what was going on. We were asking people who ran

:39:21. > :39:25.into the restaurant we were locked in what was happening, they did not

:39:26. > :39:31.know, they were in shock and crying. It was quite harrowing, to be

:39:32. > :39:38.honest. People absolutely terrified, running for their lives? Yes, it was

:39:39. > :39:43.pandemonium. The police cordoned off everything, it was impossible to get

:39:44. > :39:47.home. People who lived in this area were just stuck. If you wanted to

:39:48. > :39:50.get to your safe place at home you had to stick around and hope that

:39:51. > :39:57.the suspect or whatever were apprehended without problems. I went

:39:58. > :40:01.to -- I went to the ones in London when I was young, it is important to

:40:02. > :40:06.get back to the normal routine, people going back to doing what they

:40:07. > :40:10.do. It is sad for me, honestly, it is an isolated incident but in other

:40:11. > :40:15.places around the world it happens on a daily basis and we need to help

:40:16. > :40:19.them more. It happens once here, it is small scale and we are all

:40:20. > :40:24.panicking, it happens places around the world at ten or 20 times the

:40:25. > :40:29.scale. It is important to get back to normal routine, keep doing the

:40:30. > :40:34.things we do, go to the places we go to. Barcelona is an amazing city,

:40:35. > :40:37.please come and visit, it is beautiful. Las Ramblas is such a

:40:38. > :40:42.tourist destination, anyone who comes to Barcelona comes here?

:40:43. > :40:55.Anyone and everyone. My friends are here two days

:40:56. > :40:59.ago and left on Sunday, I am so glad they are OK. It is the place to be.

:41:00. > :41:03.Iconic streets, people selling, it is vibrant, it is alive. It is a bit

:41:04. > :41:05.of a shock that it happened to us. The people behind this, and we are

:41:06. > :41:08.hearing that might have been a terror cell are eight people, it was

:41:09. > :41:11.an attack on tourists, not only from this part of the world that right

:41:12. > :41:14.around the world to come to Barcelona to see what a beautiful

:41:15. > :41:19.city it is? I guess it is just an attack on freedom and people who

:41:20. > :41:22.want to live happy lives. It is important we have compassion against

:41:23. > :41:28.people around the world. Not everyone is bad. It is important we

:41:29. > :41:32.carry on and keep on living the way we live. 13 people killed, dozens

:41:33. > :41:37.injured, what are your feelings about those who did this?

:41:38. > :41:41.Devastating, how are you going to feel? It is on my street where I

:41:42. > :41:45.live, I walk the street every day and feel happy and vibrant, it is

:41:46. > :41:50.devastating. Sad, very sad. You will be carrying

:41:51. > :41:55.on with life as normal now? Of course. The first... It is a bit of

:41:56. > :42:00.a shock and you do not expect it on your doorstep, but if you don't, are

:42:01. > :42:04.you going to stay at home all day like a recluse? You have to keep on

:42:05. > :42:08.living life. One eyewitness talking to Ben

:42:09. > :42:13.earlier. We have had the name of the first

:42:14. > :42:22.person named in the attack in Barcelona, 13 killed, the first

:42:23. > :42:32.person has been named by his company as a victim of the attack. It is the

:42:33. > :42:36.Italian branch of the company Ton-plus Mac Hardware, saying that

:42:37. > :42:41.employee Bruno has been killed on Las Ramblas where he was on holiday

:42:42. > :42:50.with his partner and two children. -- the company Tom's Hard Way.

:42:51. > :42:53.The Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy Has Announced Three Days Of

:42:54. > :43:02.Mourning For The Attack. These Are The Latest Pictures That We Have Of

:43:03. > :43:08.Him. Is obviously having high-level talks in the aftermath of these

:43:09. > :43:14.three separate but linked attacks, the attack in Barcelona, the

:43:15. > :43:21.subsequent attack on Cabrillo 's and also the house explosion just about

:43:22. > :43:24.100 miles away from Barcelona on Wednesday night which is now

:43:25. > :43:31.believed to be significantly linked to what is unfolded since the house

:43:32. > :43:35.exploded, the house was completely destroyed in a huge explosion. There

:43:36. > :43:39.were gas canisters in the house and the authorities now think those gas

:43:40. > :43:44.canisters were intended for use in Barcelona.

:43:45. > :43:49.At midday local time there will be a minute's silence in Barcelona to

:43:50. > :43:55.remember the victims of the attack. These are live pictures from Las

:43:56. > :43:59.Ramblas now of flowers being laid as people go to Las Ramblas to remember

:44:00. > :44:09.the victims of the attack yesterday afternoon. Candles being lit and

:44:10. > :44:13.lots of tributes laid. Las Ramblas returning to being the very busy

:44:14. > :44:19.thoroughfare that it is. Obviously the mood today is very different,

:44:20. > :44:23.holiday-makers are out in huge numbers -- were out in huge numbers

:44:24. > :44:30.yesterday when the band zigzagged along that very popular tourist area

:44:31. > :44:37.and killed 13 and injured many more. 80 injured in that attack, at least.

:44:38. > :44:43.They are preparing to remember the victims with a minute's silence at

:44:44. > :44:48.midday. There are three days of national

:44:49. > :44:51.mourning in Spain. The Spanish and British flags are being flown at

:44:52. > :44:56.half-mast in Downing Street. The question is now after the two

:44:57. > :44:59.vehicle attacks is can they be prevented? In just over a year

:45:00. > :45:03.Europe has seen seven attacks were vehicles have been used as weapons.

:45:04. > :45:04.Security correspondent Gordon Corera looks at what the authorities are

:45:05. > :45:13.doing. A threat, but he talked

:45:14. > :45:15.of buying guns... And this is where it ended

:45:16. > :45:17.up, in flames after... Here at Westminster Bridge,

:45:18. > :45:26.they have installed these barriers to stop vehicles running

:45:27. > :45:29.into pedestrians on the bridge. But an attacker could just pick

:45:30. > :45:35.a different crowded place. The authorities are also looking

:45:36. > :45:39.at things like more checks on people making short notice rentals of vans,

:45:40. > :45:42.but the problem is, these attacks And with so little planning

:45:43. > :45:52.required, it can be hard New shock absorbing barriers

:45:53. > :45:58.like this one shown in a test may But counterterrorism experts

:45:59. > :46:17.caution they cannot stop Earlier I spoke to an expert on

:46:18. > :46:25.radicalism and security in Madrid. I asked him how much of a hub

:46:26. > :46:33.Barcelona is for radicalisation? The main four points, there is a place

:46:34. > :46:35.in the north of Morocco, Barcelona, Madrid and another city. Barcelona

:46:36. > :46:43.is properly the second largest city in radicalisation in Spain and in

:46:44. > :46:52.these last two years we have been suffering a huge amount of

:46:53. > :46:57.counterterrorism operations. And now one of the rested individuals might

:46:58. > :47:02.be from one of the cities. We could say that Barcelona is the second

:47:03. > :47:07.city in radicalisation, probably one of the biggest in the Catalan areas.

:47:08. > :47:13.Tell us more about the operations in the city. We know that in advance of

:47:14. > :47:16.this attack there was a warning from the CIA backed Las Ramblas was

:47:17. > :47:23.potentially a target? What has been going on to try to prevent attacks?

:47:24. > :47:33.Exactly, from last year, there has been seven operations in the first

:47:34. > :47:39.half of 2017. We can see an increase in operations by the police,

:47:40. > :47:42.however, we have not managed to focus on all the radicalisation pubs

:47:43. > :47:44.in the cities. It is one of the biggest places with Muslim

:47:45. > :48:00.population. What are the suspicions around how

:48:01. > :48:06.individuals are radicalised, how it may be operating? Bestial forces are

:48:07. > :48:13.focused on three main environments, where we can find the radicalisation

:48:14. > :48:18.processes in Spain, one is the local one, you have to bear in mind, two

:48:19. > :48:25.factors, that play a very important role in the radicalisation process,

:48:26. > :48:33.one is the links with family and friends, or religious chief, that

:48:34. > :48:33.radicalised is, and the other ones are connections with social

:48:34. > :48:57.patterns. Many of these people travel through

:48:58. > :49:06.those hubs, Madrid, Barcelona. Most importantly, these cases, online

:49:07. > :49:13.radicalisation, cyberspace. As we saw yesterday, in Barcelona, and the

:49:14. > :49:22.attacks, fake explosives that they are wearing, it is something that

:49:23. > :49:23.you read on Islamist web pages. Message boards. Taking information

:49:24. > :49:32.from all of those areas. Let's take you live to the Placa de

:49:33. > :49:41.Catalunya, in Barcelona, it is where a minute 's silence is going to be

:49:42. > :49:46.held at midday local time, and large number of people gathered to mark

:49:47. > :49:59.the minute silence, king Philip -- King Philippe and others will be

:50:00. > :50:10.marking it. And the second incident, in which is five gunmen were shot

:50:11. > :50:17.dead by the authorities, happened overnight in Cambrils, a town, south

:50:18. > :50:20.of Barcelona. -- King Felipe. It is thought that a second attack,

:50:21. > :50:27.potentially along the lines of the Barcelona attack, was aborted.

:50:28. > :50:33.Security forces intercepted a car that had armed men in it, also

:50:34. > :50:39.wearing fake suicide belts, it seems, seven injured, seven injured

:50:40. > :50:44.when that car was driven into them. The car overturned in a police chase

:50:45. > :50:51.and police shot dead five men from inside that car, also separately

:50:52. > :50:56.three men in custody after the attack on Barcelona, these attacks

:50:57. > :51:04.separate but linked. Investigators now trying to work out how many

:51:05. > :51:10.people were behind these attacks. Eight involved, that is the scene

:51:11. > :51:16.live in Barcelona, just at the top end of Las Ramblas, Placa de

:51:17. > :51:21.Catalunya, is where they are preparing to hold a minutes silence.

:51:22. > :51:22.Also three days of mourning that has been declared by the government of

:51:23. > :51:32.Catalunya. Scott Strudwick is on holiday, he

:51:33. > :51:38.ended up on Las Ramblas as the attack began, and he spoke with us a

:51:39. > :51:42.little earlier. We were in Placa de Catalunya, we came out from a large

:51:43. > :51:50.department store, to be greeted by police sirens, we were heading

:51:51. > :51:56.towards us Rambus, to catch the bus back, at which point we noticed lots

:51:57. > :52:00.of people running in the opposite direction, and then police were

:52:01. > :52:06.pushing us away, pushing people into shops, trying to close the doors. We

:52:07. > :52:12.retired into the large department store that we were originally in. We

:52:13. > :52:16.did not know what was going on at that point, but once we got back

:52:17. > :52:20.into the shop, shortly after that is where we had the scariest moment, on

:52:21. > :52:24.the seventh floor of the shop, people came running through the

:52:25. > :52:33.shop, we later found out there was a rumour that there had been gunfire

:52:34. > :52:37.in a shop, turned out to be full. We did not speak Spanish, that was

:52:38. > :52:43.probably a blessing in hindsight, the panic was quite infectious. We

:52:44. > :52:50.were driven to the back of the shop, then the hairdressing salon, and we

:52:51. > :52:55.were put into a small hairdressing closet, a lot of people crying, lots

:52:56. > :53:00.of people very upset, we were very upset because we did not know what

:53:01. > :53:04.was going on, it was very frightening for the children we were

:53:05. > :53:08.with. How long before you realise what was unfolding and this was a

:53:09. > :53:12.terror attack. We did not know at that point, we had strong

:53:13. > :53:16.suspicions, after that incident we knew there must be some sort of

:53:17. > :53:22.terror attack but we did not have any details. There was still

:53:23. > :53:25.confusion, we were ushered out of the emergency exit and then ushered

:53:26. > :53:29.back in and then they locked down the shop, we were able to use our

:53:30. > :53:33.phones at that point, to get onto social media, we had a better

:53:34. > :53:38.understanding of what was going on. Even at that point, the details were

:53:39. > :53:47.sketchy. False details coming through. All the people around you

:53:48. > :53:53.were absolutely terrified. Initially, there was a lot of upset

:53:54. > :53:56.people, things calmed down, to be fair to the people in the shop, they

:53:57. > :54:03.were very good at coming people down. They locked down the shop,

:54:04. > :54:07.very tense and upsetting environment, nobody in the streets

:54:08. > :54:09.at that time, just some police, we really did not have enough

:54:10. > :54:14.information to know what was going on at that point, especially since

:54:15. > :54:18.we did not speak Spanish, we went to the seventh floor, looks at the

:54:19. > :54:25.television, lots of pictures going on, then we began to understand what

:54:26. > :54:32.was going on. There was potentially a news announcement that there was

:54:33. > :54:38.two gunmen. Potential terrorists milling around, additional attacks

:54:39. > :54:46.might happen. What are your plans now, are you staying in Barcelona?

:54:47. > :54:50.After we were let out of the hotel, we were ushered away by police,

:54:51. > :54:54.quite quickly, away from the main zone, the problem was, we did not

:54:55. > :54:59.know where we were, a lot of people milling around, took us a good

:55:00. > :55:05.number of hours, to eventually get into a taxi and get back to a hotel.

:55:06. > :55:08.Then things calmed down, the hotel was very good, laying on extra

:55:09. > :55:14.restaurant space, because a lot of people were staying in the hotel. As

:55:15. > :55:17.of this morning, we have been looking on the news, further

:55:18. > :55:23.attacks, police still finding stuff, that said, looking out at this

:55:24. > :55:26.stage, life seems to be returning to normal, people are fairly resilient,

:55:27. > :55:32.this sort of attack, people do not want them to get the better of them.

:55:33. > :55:36.We will be taking advice but our plan will be to do what we were

:55:37. > :55:43.going to do yesterday, albeit, we will be much more aware. The thing

:55:44. > :55:46.is, where we are now, there is a large police attendance, so we are

:55:47. > :55:52.hoping, if anything, it should make it more secure. That is one

:55:53. > :55:56.eyewitness, let's show you the scene live in Barcelona where they are

:55:57. > :56:02.preparing to remember the victims of the attacks with a minutes silence

:56:03. > :56:06.at midday local time, you can see a large crowd gathered there, among

:56:07. > :56:11.them, the Spanish king, and members of the government as well.

:56:12. > :56:21.Bringing you right up to date with the latest developments, three

:56:22. > :56:26.separate incidents being looked at. In Wednesday, a house was completely

:56:27. > :56:30.destroyed in a large explosion, that was 100 miles away from Barcelona,

:56:31. > :56:35.in Alcanar, and at the time it did not seem to be linked to anything

:56:36. > :56:43.else but subsequently, the Barcelona attack happening yesterday, in which

:56:44. > :56:48.13 people were killed in a van attack, that was then believed to be

:56:49. > :56:52.linked, potentially to what happened in Alcanar because the authorities

:56:53. > :56:56.now believe they were planning some sort of devices, that may have been

:56:57. > :57:01.used, intended to be used in Barcelona. 13 dead in Barcelona,

:57:02. > :57:06.dozens injured, three arrested after the attack, and separately, in

:57:07. > :57:12.Cambrils, which is around 50 miles from Barcelona, a coastal town,

:57:13. > :57:17.several people injured after a car was driven into them. -- seven

:57:18. > :57:22.injured. Five men wearing fake suicide belts and arm were shot

:57:23. > :57:28.dead. We are awaiting the minutes silence in Barcelona, injures the

:57:29. > :57:32.next few minutes. Also, three days of national mourning have been

:57:33. > :57:36.declared. We are going to keep you right up to date with all the latest

:57:37. > :57:40.details, we will be live with Ben Brown shortly, we will leave you now

:57:41. > :57:48.with some of the dramatic images from the past 24-hour was in Spain.

:57:49. > :57:51.-- the past 24-hours.