Spanish PM holds security meeting

Spain's Prime Minister says he's held an emergency sercurity meeting to "analyse the details' of the attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils.

Spanish security meeting

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has attended an emergency security meeting. (AAP)

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has attended an emergency security meeting in Barcelona to coordinate the investigation into the terror attacks in the northeastern region of Catalonia.

Rajoy traveled to Barcelona on Thursday night after a van ploughed into a pedestrian promenade, killing 13 people and injuring more than 100 others. Police then stopped a second attack in nearby Cambrils when they shot and killed five attackers who had driven a car into another crowd.

Rajoy met on Friday morning with Spain's interior minister and police and emergency officials. He said on Twitter that the meeting was to "analyse the latest details of the attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils."


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Published 18 August 2017 7:46pm
Source: AAP

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