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Spain terror cell was planning Sagrada Familia attack, suspect tells court
Source: The Guardian
Spain terror cell was planning Sagrada Família attack, suspect tells court
Mohamed Houli Chemlal tells Madrid court larger scale attacks were being planned by terror cell
Stephen Burgen in Barcelona and Ian Cobain in London
Tuesday 22 August 2017 19.55 BST
The terror cell that brought carnage to north-eastern Spain, killing 15 people and injuring more than 130, was planning attacks on a much larger scale, including the bombing of Barcelona’s Sagrada Família church, a suspect has told a court.
Mohamed Houli Chemlal made the admission after being brought before a judge in Madrid, Spanish media reported, quoting court officials.
Houli, 21, confirmed what police said they had concluded last week: that the group had been planning large-scale bomb attacks before an explosion ripped through a house in Alcanar where a number of them had been staying, killing two of the plotters.
One of the proposed targets was the Sagrada Família, the half-finished church designed by the Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí that is one of Barcelona’s best loved buildings.
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Mohamed Houli Chemlal tells Madrid court larger scale attacks were being planned by terror cell
Stephen Burgen in Barcelona and Ian Cobain in London
Tuesday 22 August 2017 19.55 BST
The terror cell that brought carnage to north-eastern Spain, killing 15 people and injuring more than 130, was planning attacks on a much larger scale, including the bombing of Barcelona’s Sagrada Família church, a suspect has told a court.
Mohamed Houli Chemlal made the admission after being brought before a judge in Madrid, Spanish media reported, quoting court officials.
Houli, 21, confirmed what police said they had concluded last week: that the group had been planning large-scale bomb attacks before an explosion ripped through a house in Alcanar where a number of them had been staying, killing two of the plotters.
One of the proposed targets was the Sagrada Família, the half-finished church designed by the Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí that is one of Barcelona’s best loved buildings.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/22/spain-terror-suspect-mohamed-houli-tells-court-cell-planning-bigger-attack
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